Environmental Toll from Warfare---An Environmental Mandate Against War

The American military involvement in the Middle East over a multi-year period calls into question whether President Obama's emphatic pledge to help stop the Global Warming Effect is truly sincere on his part.

It seems obvious that the gargantuan depletion of fossil fuels caused by that U.S. Government-ordered warfare, along with the likely deforestation of much of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, are directly and indirectly aggravating the Global Warming Effect crisis.

It seems to me that if President Obama were truly conscientious about protecting our global environment, he would insist on a monthly and annual press conference at which the U.S. Government provides official estimates about the total number of gallons of oil and total quantity of natural gas, for instance, that have been consumed by the U.S. Armed Forces so far in that warfare.

If our President were truly sincere and truly conscientious as our nation's chief of state, Obama would also insist on offering monthly and annual public statements to the American people and people of other nations as well, about the total deforestation that has occurred as a result of that warfare.

It's also noteworthy that each gallon of oil consumed by the U.S. Armed Forces in that warfare in the Middle East is a gallon of oil less that might have otherwise been available to our entire nation's energy reserve supply. If the United States as a result of that military involvement runs out of fossil fuels inside our own nation 10 years faster than if we had not been involved in that warfare----this during a time period in which development of renewable energy sources for the U.S. will take many years to fully accomplish---that could have the ironic effect of compromising our national security at home.