Re Op-Ed Columnist: Did We Do That? by Thomas L. Friedman in today's NY Times:
There he goes again, trying to hype a problem that he may be more responsible for than the average American.
Let me stipulate (just for the sake of argument) that there is a global warming phenomenon, that it is bad, and that it is caused mainly by human behavior. That is really what Tom's column is about.
Well, I wish someone could tell us what percent of human-produced greenhouse gases, notably CO2, are produced by wars, and then break that down to show the contribution of our War on Iraq. After all, militaries burn a lot of fossil fuels during wartime, besides the gases released during explosions.
What does this have to do with Friedman? Well, he was an early and ardent advocate for invading Iraq. As his colleague Maureen Dowd would say, Q.E.D.
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