Climate Change is a Risk to National Security

Most of us who read the Bible realize that all the floods, droughts, earthquakes, famines, pestilence and war are setting up to fulfill the "birth pangs" of the very Last Days that Jesus spoke of.

Of course the "intelligent" people in our country who don't read and/or believe the Bible have come up with another theory on why all the crazy weather is happening... MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE.

Today we find that the world's largest and most powerful military, the U.S. Armed Forces, is telling us that we better prepare for the awful consequences of global warming.

The U.S. Department of Defense released a new report this week that says climate change poses an "immediate risk to national security." The so-called road map is designed to help the military navigate and prepare for increasing global temperatures, changing rain patterns and rising sea levels.

Climate change is a "threat multiplier" that could intensify challenges such as global instability, hunger, poverty and conflict, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Monday (Oct. 13). Hagel presented the road map during aspeech at the 11th Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas, which is being held in Peru.

"The loss of glaciers will strain water supplies in several areas of our hemisphere," Hagel said in a statement. "Destruction and devastation from hurricanes can sow the seeds for instability. Droughts and crop failures can leave millions of people without any lifeline and trigger waves of mass migration." [8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World]

"Our coastal installations could be vulnerable to rising shorelines and flooding, and extreme weather could impair our training ranges, supply chains and critical equipment," Hagel said. "Our militaries' readiness could be tested, and our capabilities could be stressed."

By preparing for climate change now, the Department of Defense may be able to reduce the impact of extreme weather events in the future, experts said. 

"The road map lays out reasonable adaptation and mitigation actions to ensure or at least bolster our national security against measured and measurable climate change events, whatever the causes," retired Navy Adm. Frank Bowman said in a statement. Bowman is an advisory officer at The Center for Climate and Security, which is a policy institute with an advisory board staffed by retired military officers and national security experts.

The Department of Defense has released reports on climate change since 2003, but the new road map is one of the most assertive and strongly worded in regard to global warming, said Joshua Busby, an associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Here;  http://news.yahoo.com/climate-change-immediate-risk-pentagon-says-132532129.html

I have no doubt that if the drought in California continues and food prices in America double, triple or quadruple there could be serious unrest here in America.  With 48,000,000 on food stamps and the Federal Government already running massive deficits, it would be near impossible to borrow enough money from China to raise the funds necessary to increase the food stamp program.

Hungry people are not restful people.

So rather than spending $$ trillions to try and cool the planet (which will be a fool's errand) and attempt to get our climate back to "normal" (whatever that means)....I have a better idea for what would heal our groaning planet....REPENT of our sins then fall on our knees and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us, start teaching our kids the 10 Commandments, start reading the Word of God, start worshiping the Creator and fearing The Lord...then MAYBE He would heal our land.

The city of Nineveh did it back in the days of Jonah....and God continued showing them His mercy for at least a while longer.

So will America be willing to repent and turn from it's sinful ways?  Could we one day start again to fear the One True God?

Look around you...read the headlines.  Do you really think this nation is going to do that?

I think the military is probably right....they better keep preparing for massive disruptions...the biggest flood EVER, the largest tornado EVER, the biggest earthquake EVER, the worst drought EVER, the biggest volcanic eruption EVER, the biggest hurricane EVER, the worst outbreak EVER, may all be on the near horizon.

Thankfully Jesus told his followers NOT TO FEAR because He promises us that He will never leave us nor forsake us.