Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us

Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us

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Summary: 

There is a secret report, which was suppressed by US defense chiefs, that warns that major European cities will be flooded due to rising seas by 2020, due to climate change. This report also states that this climate change could very well lead to "Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting [...] across the world." It states that climate change could "bring the planet to the edge of anarchy" as countries will use nuclear weapons to "secure [their] dwindling food, water and energy supplies" The report goes as far as to say "once again, warfare would define human life".

Clearly, what this report states is a problem, but not only for us, but the bush administration as well. For the Bush administration has a clear "climate change is fake" stance.  However, the administration is also focused on national defense. Given that the report states that climate change is happening, and that it is a huge "imminent" threat to national security, it would make sense for Bush to focus on it.
This is not the first time the Bush administration has been scrutinized for its climate-change policies. It has also come under heavy fire with the allegation that it "cherry picked" science so that it could help its policy agenda.
Many people and scientists are hoping that this report forces bush to change his mind.
'You've got a President who says global warming is a hoax, and across the Potomac river you've got a Pentagon preparing for climate wars. It's pretty scary when Bush starts to ignore his own government on this issue,' said Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace.'
Climate change is an interesting threat to national security because there is no one to point your guns at.
 The consequences for some nations of the climate change are unbelievable. It seems obvious that cutting the use of fossil fuels would be worthwhile.'

Analysis:

This article is quite informational. It raises a good point about climate change, which is that not only do not many people believe in it, but that there are many people in power who do not believe in it. This article does a good job explaining just how bad the crisis is by showing that the main problem that comes from climate change is not climate change it self, but the conflicts over resources that it will cause. However this article may not very as applicable today as it was nine years ago. Bush is no longer president, and  a record number of people believe that the climate is in fact changing. However it could actually be just as applicable but in a different way, as while climate change acceptance is quite high, people do not consider it to be very important, a point that Al Gore raised in his TED talk on climate change. Overall this article does a good job showing the urgency of climate change, however I believe that only half of the article is applicable today, as Bush is no longer in power, and climate change acceptance is no longer really a problem.

Townsend, Mark, and Paul Harris. "Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us." The Guardian. February 21, 2004. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver.