Elizabeth Warren has been receiving more attention from the Democratic
Party establishment of late. Warren has attempted to make up for her
woeful confrontation with Trump around her proclaimed indigenous
identity by releasing a flurry of policy proposals on
issues such as maternal mortality and student loan forgiveness. While
Elizabeth Warren has voiced “strong support” for the Green New Deal, she
recently tweeted a strange proposal that deviates from its principles.
In mid-May, Warren announced that she would be introducing the Defense
Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act to help the military become more
“energy efficient.” As she stated on Twitter ,
“Climate change is real, it’s worsening by the day, and it’s
undermining our military readiness. More and more, accomplishing the
mission depends on our ability to continue operations in the face of
floods, drought, wildfires, desertification, and extreme cold.”
Elizabeth Warren believes that strengthening the “effectiveness” of
the U.S. military is consistent with the Green New Deal. Her bill
doesn’t demand that the U.S. military be reduced in size or scale.Nor does it mention that the U.S. military is the world’s largest polluter and
user of oil and fossil fuels. Instead of turning the Green New Deal
into concrete policy, Warren has placed her attention on renovating the
one thousand U.S. military bases that exist domestically and abroad. The
so-called “policy wonk” of the 2020 elections appears to be more
concerned with creating “green” bombs than a “green economy.”
The U.S. drops a bomb on another nation every twelve minutes .
It is no wonder that U.S. military, which serves as the armed body of
the state responsible for protecting the interests of Wall Street,
fossil fuel corporations, military contractors, and monopolies of all
kinds, is treated as a trophy by all sections of the U.S. political
class. The U.S. military embodies American exceptionalism claiming to
spread democracy and freedom to lands near and far. Holidays such as
Memorial Day and Veterans Day are designed to remind Americans of all
races and classes that the U.S. is exceptional because of its large
military footprint. Instead of seeing this footprint as bombs,
sanctions, or deadly raids, Democrat and Republican politicians alike
believe that the U.S. military permanently signifies American
greatness.
-- Danny Haiphong, "Elizabeth Warren Wants Green Bombs, Not A Green New Deal" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).