A panel of retired generals thinks global warming is an urgent national security threat. The U.N. Security Council thinks global warming is an urgent national security threat.

But wait! We forgot to ask Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R)!

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Sensenbrenner questioned "why global warming has suddenly become an issue of national defense" and afterward accused politicians and pundits of stoking children’s fears.

Think of the children.

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