Military Report Calls Scientific Data on Causes of Global Warming "Contradictory"

The US Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. published a long-range planning document, entitled Joint Operating Environment 2008 on Thursday which asserted that the scientific data on what is causing global warming is "contradictory". Nonetheless, Rear Admiral John M. Richardson director of strategy for the Joint Forces Command said, "We are in complete agreement that climate change will be a national security driver in the future...We are focused on the implications of climate change. We see what is happening. What is causing it is not in our purview. The commanders have to deal with the effects." Read more at The Boston Globe.