A question of priorities

James Lileks notes that reflexively cynical Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles has identified the real problem facing survivors of the devastating South Asian tsunamis: Global warming -- caused, of course, by U.S.-produced CO₂ emissions.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the U.S. Navy and Marines continue to ferry relief supplies ashore in Indonesia and other devastated regions.

Perhaps Mr. Toles would like us to stop? All those ships and helicopters must be giving off an awful lot of greenhouse gases.