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"But a growing number of policy makers say that the world’s rising
temperatures, surging seas and melting glaciers are a direct threat to the national interest. If the United States does not lead the world in reducing fossil-fuel consumption and thus emissions of global warming gases, proponents of this view say, a series of global environmental, social, political and possibly military crises loom that the nation will urgently have to address." One must wonder why the United States must be the 'leader'. Why not Germany, or France, or even Canada? Does the prevention of all these global crises depend solely on the leadership of the USA? And, suppose no one of consequence follows. Full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/sc..._r=1&th&emc=th Oh wait, John Kerry is involved. Now I understand. -- John H All decisions, even those made by liberals, are the result of binary thinking. |
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