Monday, April 17, 2006
Pentagon predicts a Mad Max world for Australia
Why is John Howard so careful to follow George Bush's lead on global warming? Because we'll need US Armed Forces to protect us from the millions of refugees displaced by environmental disasters arising from the 4°C increase in temperature.
In 2004, a leaked Pentagon report - under the title "An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United Sates National Security" - revealed that Australia's borders would come under pressure as millions of starving people flee third world countries when crops fail.
"The Pentagon report paints a bleak picture of a humanity reverting to constant warfare over diminishing resources," says Clive Hamilton, EXecutive Director of the Australian Institute. "It canvasses the possibility of persistent conflict in Southeast
Asia, India and China including border wars, nuclear brinkmanship and civil unrest. Instability in the region may lead Japan to re-arm and the USA to strengthen border protection to hold back waves of ‘unwanted starving immigrants’.
"For Australia, the most startling claim of the Pentagon Report is that we, along with the United States, may find ourselves building ‘defensive fortresses’ around our country to protect our resources from desperate outsiders and aggressive states created by rapid and unpredictable climate change."
The Pentagon seems to be more certain of global warming than its Commander in Chief.
EXtracted from apper "Climate Change Policy in Australia: Isolating the Great Southern Land",National Institute for Environment Public Lecture,Manning Clark Centre, ANU 2004
In 2004, a leaked Pentagon report - under the title "An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United Sates National Security" - revealed that Australia's borders would come under pressure as millions of starving people flee third world countries when crops fail.
"The Pentagon report paints a bleak picture of a humanity reverting to constant warfare over diminishing resources," says Clive Hamilton, EXecutive Director of the Australian Institute. "It canvasses the possibility of persistent conflict in Southeast
Asia, India and China including border wars, nuclear brinkmanship and civil unrest. Instability in the region may lead Japan to re-arm and the USA to strengthen border protection to hold back waves of ‘unwanted starving immigrants’.
"For Australia, the most startling claim of the Pentagon Report is that we, along with the United States, may find ourselves building ‘defensive fortresses’ around our country to protect our resources from desperate outsiders and aggressive states created by rapid and unpredictable climate change."
The Pentagon seems to be more certain of global warming than its Commander in Chief.
EXtracted from apper "Climate Change Policy in Australia: Isolating the Great Southern Land",National Institute for Environment Public Lecture,Manning Clark Centre, ANU 2004
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