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Critics wring their hands over emissions while ignoring the basic truth: a weak NATO is far deadlier to humanity than CO₂. Calls to slash defense for “climate finance” are naïve when Russia and China are arming at record pace. The military’s job is to win wars, not virtue-signal with electric tanks that stall on the battlefield. Green mandates risk soldiers’ lives and embolden aggressors. Real security comes from strength and deterrence — without it, there won’t be a planet safe enough to debate carbon footprints.