Global Warming is an issue of National Security

I've been saying this for a while now, though maybe not here... but here's a great excerpt from the daily Talking Points e-mail I get from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, citing the growing concern our nation's military experts have around the security issues posed by Global Warming...

"Global warming is not just an environmental issue any more -- our national security is at stake. A team of retired military generals, including the former Army chief of staff and Bush's former chief Middle East negotiator, released a study last week on how "global climate change presents a serious national security threat that could affect Americans at home, impact U.S. military operations and heighten global tensions." "The report warned that in the next 30 to 40 years there will be wars over water, increased hunger instability from worsening disease and rising sea levels and global warming-induced refugees." But while national security is threatened, the Bush administration has continued to pay only lip service to combating the problem. Shirking his electoral promise to curb carbon dioxide emissions, greenhouse gas emissions have steadily increased during Bush's tenure, giving the United States the dubious title of being the "world's largest source of greenhouse gases.""