Oil and Tears Don’t Mix (Post 4 of 5) For one thing, the issue [of safe, clean and efficient energy] is not just about energy; our national security is also deeply involved—in ways that might not be readily apparent. Once in a while, you read something so shocking that it forces you to sit up and say, “Whoa, this is outrageous; this is insane!” That’s exactly what I did when I read Thomas Friedman’s New York Times column on July 24, 2010. He reported that retired Brigadier General Steve Anderson, once General Petraeus’s senior logistician in Iraq, explained that “over 1000 Americans have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan hauling fuel to air-conditioned tents and buildings. If our military would simply insulate their structures, it would save billions of dollars and, more importantly, save lives of truck drivers and escorts.” Battlefield casualties, even accidents, are inevitable in war, but I’d hate to be the father of a soldier killed under these easily preventable circumstances. From Mike Huckabee’s book “A Simple Government” pages 119 and 120 (Post 4 of 5)
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:35:00 +0000
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