Why [#USA] Might Fight, 2011 Edition NYTimes.com
►http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/weekinreview/12shanker.html
Rare #minerals. #Food and #water. Arable #soil. Air-cleansing #forests.
In the intellectual heart of the American #military and policy-making world, these are emerging not just as environmental issues, but as the potential stuff of conflict in the 21st century.