Middle East in flames and Kerry wants to make unicorns reappear.
Via PJ Media:
Secretary of State John Kerry derided people who brand climate change as all about “butterflies or polar bears – as some people try to mock it – as serious as those effects might be.”
In the Tuesday remarks at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., he stressed “very clearly, because I’m proud of it: I am an environmentalist.”
“I came to the table as an environmentalist long before I became lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, let alone senator. I’ve been an environmentalist all my life,” he said. “But the reason I have made climate change a priority in my current role as Secretary of State is not simply because climate change is a threat to the environment. It’s because – by fueling extreme weather events, undermining our military readiness, exacerbating conflicts around the world – climate change is a threat to the security of the United States and, indeed, to the security and stability of countries everywhere.”
“…Long story short, climate change is not just about Bambi; it’s about all of us in very personal and important ways.”
Kerry noted officials who’ve linked climate change and national security have gotten labeled “tree-huggers.”
“Now, believe me, I wish I were wrong about this. It would be better for all of us if I was exaggerating the urgency of this threat. But the science tells us unequivocally: Those who continue to make climate change a political fight put us all at risk,” he said. “And we cannot sit idly by and allow them to do that.”
“…Now, there are some – there are some running around this country campaigning even now – who refuse to acknowledge the human cause and effect on climate change because they say they themselves are ‘not scientists.’ Well, a lot of us went to high school and learned that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the Earth revolves around its axis, and we believe it but we’re not scientists.”
He stressed that “as any sailor, marine, soldier, airman, or coastguardsman will tell you: You don’t have to wait until you’re 100 percent certainty of an imminent threat before you take action to prevent it.”
Kerry told the crowd that the upcoming climate change dangers are “going to be like Mother Nature on steroids.”