A dangerously distracted Pentagon
Thomas Spoehr, Opinion Contributor - Oct 13, 2021
The first plan produced by President Biden's Pentagon isn't a blueprint for how to respond to an emboldened China. Nor does it address how to prevent Afghanistan from reverting to a breeding ground for terrorists.
No, the first plan produced by this administration's Defense Department is a "Climate Adaptation Plan," which purports to "take bold steps to accelerate adaptation to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change."
Signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and released on Oct. 7, the 32-page plan identifies myriad tasks the Pentagon will undertake to "enhance resilience to the effects of climate change" and "reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Declaring climate change to be a "critical national security issue," the plan calls for climate change considerations and impacts to be "included in all relevant and applicable DOD decisions."
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