[neverdem]

When has the left ever observed the precautionary principle before this? IMHO, maybe it's just with gun control, even though places with more gun control have more crime. In domestic and foreign affairs since the late 1960s all other precautions got short shrift.

[WILLIALAL]

The difference here is the fact that the destructive force of nuclear weapons is well documented, not some theoretical hypothesis as is global warming.
It is a documented fact that Al Qaeda’s intent is to destroy the US. Again not theory but fact.
The global alarmist are asking us to make huge sacrifices based upon the possibility that global warming will bring disaster whereas Al Qaeda having a nuclear weapon would almost assuredly bring about that result. Therefore a 1% possibility of assured destruction is a far greater threat than a 50% theoretical assumption of disaster by climate change.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Whiskeyjim]

The argument is full of holes. If this is the best Friedman can do, he needs to stop writing.