Warmer temperatures are the number one “existential threat” to the world, the US’ top diplomat has claimed Antony Blinken speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington DC, July 17, 2023 © AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
The threat of nuclear annihilation is no more serious than the threat of climate change, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed. Blinken’s critics argue that Washington is risking nuclear war by arming Ukraine.
In an appearance on 60 Minutes Australia on Sunday, Blinken was asked whether nuclear war or climate change represented “the greater threat to humanity.”
“Well, you can’t, I think, have a hierarchy,” he replied. “There are some things that are front and center…including potential conflict, but there’s no doubt that climate represents an existential challenge to all of us.”
“So for us, this is the existential challenge of our times,” he continued, adding that this “doesn’t mean that in the meantime there are not severe challenges to the international order like Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.”
With July set to go down as the hottest month in history, the UN has called for “accelerated action” to reduce carbon emissions, including a global end to coal use by 2040. Earlier this summer, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry demanded an overhaul of the world’s agricultural system to reduce carbon emissions from farming in a bid to avert “half a degree of warming by mid-century.”
In Ukraine, however, President Joe Biden’s administration continues its policy of open-ended support for Kiev’s military. The US and its NATO allies have armed Ukraine with long-range missiles and are currently discussing the supply of American-made fighter jets to Kiev, amid repeated warnings from Moscow that such weapons dramatically raise the chances of an all-out war between Russia and the West.
Kiev’s forces have also made repeated attempts to target Russian nuclear power plants, the Kremlin warned earlier this month, accusing Ukraine and its sponsors of “nuclear terrorism.”
In the US, warnings about the imminent threat of nuclear conflict have primarily come from the isolationist wing of the Republican Party. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and former President Donald Trump have been two of the loudest voices calling for an end to the US’ support for Kiev, with Trump declaring in April that the world was facing “the most dangerous period” in history because of nuclear weapons and “incompetent” leadership in Washington.
“Every day this proxy battle continues, we risk global war,” Trump said in March, arguing that “we should support regime change in the United States” to avert this risk. (RT)
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So…Blinken had to literally travel to the far side of the planet to try and sell this steaming pile.
Good to know!
I bet they believed him too. Such a shame.
This thing needs a colon cleanse.
With a power washer.
Without the benefit of sedation.
He can’t possibly have children or grand children,
if he in fact made such a fecal-laden statement from his north orifice.
Before we see the 2nd fall of Rome, we might be subject to the 2nd coming of Noah.
Got an ark?
Storm clouds on the horizon.
What’s a cubit?
The length of a forearm.
In related news, it gets hot in the summer….
Especially in Texas if you follow the hoaxing.
These are very stupid people who think they are smart.
Most dangerous kind.
Hi Garooch. Hi Nick.
Solomon said Vanity leads to Shame, and Humility leads to Wisdom.
Democrat statesmen say the darnest things.
Stinkin is a Bolshevik. He will burn down the planet before giving up on his agenda.
July was the hottest month on record my ass.
you have a record on your ass that’s hot, Iska??
.33, or .45?
Tell me it’s not a .78, you old timer.
What genre?
Tuesday Tunes worthy?
~all in fun, bud.
On the shady side of my garage about three years ago.
50C/ 120F
not unusual at all.
A 2cent plastic thermometer
placed right on a black driveway
After a day in full sun in summer.
I BELIVE!!!
Do you work for NASA?
Or the IPCC?
Or bofe?
I noticed that reinforcing propaganda as well. People who try to slide blatant propaganda into articles by nonchalantly stating something as a given that no one could possibly disagree with lose all credence with me thereafter.
It has been so far for this year.
He needs to be staked out in the sun for a day then staked out inside a nuke reactor to see if he changes his mind.
‘Nuclear war no worse than climate change’
…Because both are a figment.
Was this mislabeled Via RT instead of Via Babylon Bee? It seems like much of what we read in the news should be labeled Via Babylon Bee because it reads like satire.
If only.
To quote Alien Paul “ITS PROBING TIME 🖕” for all the DC PATHETIC PARASITES ! Be they elected , appointed or hired an ENEMA OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS IS IN ORDER !
Obviously elections and judicial powers are so corrupted to be of little use other than to protect and defend the Infectious infestation promoting the malignancy !
Remember as we as Americans reach that “EVENT HORIZON” those dependent upon the crumbling system regardless of weather they are employed or on the full ride welfare system they will become dangerous !
Law enforcement will feel compelled to increase their exercise of authorities as much as possible as well as the welfare class reaching a criminal frustration level .
That is of course if the 50 million illegals or foreign expeditionary forces don’t overwhelm us !
It will probably be a mix of insanities never before witnessed as the house of cards falls and the shit hits the fan !
Prepare to duck and cover
yep
Kids say the darnedest things! If DC gets accidentally nuked, his 6 yo brain can decide which is worse…
The personification of WOKE logic…spelled M-O-R-O-N.
Another ice age would be worse than a nuclear war. Heat up the planet please.
Cold is a better cleanser.
This is adolescent-level bilge waste.
The latest great hoax to scare the sheep into socialism and global slavery. I’m going to resist all this fake and gay shit with all my might.
Nuclear war is no worse than climate change.
Why?
Both are fake.