This is an eye opening article.
Is this an "opportunity" for America? I mean - can we benefit from the issues that are inevitable in the areas mentioned in the article?
How can water become a "tool" for terrorists?
How surprised are you about the information you read? Explain your answer
first i would say that this shows that people do and would really rely on the United States. Because other countries turn to us to have the answers to these problems. It would be something that the US is worried about and i think that is a tactic that the terrorists could use. Attack at somting that we would be struggling with. Well im supprised about this information because i had no idea that water would be a problem, because i feel like we have plenty of these resources. We just use water when ever we feel like it. In my mind i don't and did not think that there would be a shortage in some years.
ReplyDeleteThis article really has me thinking. I would have never imagined that water would be a "tool" for terrorist.
ReplyDeleteThe article says "The lack of adequate water," it says, "will be destabilizing factor in some countries because they do not have the financial resources or the technical ability to solve their internal water problems."
Water is something that is always going to be needed for survival. With populations growing, it is in more demand. Though, I still can not imagine it becoming a "weapon" even after reading the article. I am very surprised that it is considered a tool for terrorist.
I do think that we can benefit from the issues in this article though. I think America's water supply is well and we do not need to be concerned. The article says "U.S. Water Partnership which bring together experts in the private sector and government to find system wide solutions to water problems."
I think this partners us with other countries who are in need for water.
Though, overall I could not imagine water being used as a weapon for destruction.
-LAUREN MAYER
This article is really scary knowing that we might have water shortages in the years to come, and that the water might not even be safe to drink. The thought of water being a source and tool for terrorism now is really scary, and the damage that can be done from it is scary to think about it. I just dont get how we we might of shortages of water, when the majority of the world is water. After reading the article i am really surprised about what is going on, and also very concerned. This could be a life threatening situation.
ReplyDeleteI never imagined water as being or possibly being a weapon for terrorism. I think that the US should be very worried about this. This whole thing is very scary. I don't think that we can benefit at all from any of these things in this article, we should be worried if anything. I feel like from now on everyone in the US needs to recylce somehow or save water that some people just throw away or pour out when in the future we could need it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that we will benefit from this Security risk. Especially since terrorists have this tool and can use it against us if they'd like. Our resources are in their hands. Water can become a tool for terrorists "because terrorists are seeking more high visibility items to attack, in some cases we identified fragile water infrastructure that could potentially be a target for terrorism activity." I'm surprised at the fact that in 2040, water shortages and pollution will harm the economic performance of important trading partners.
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that fact that water is being used as a method of terrorism is depressing. water is not for specific military uses, and is consumed and needed to live by all human beings. I believe that this will backfire on terrorists, as people hear about this and become active
ReplyDeleteI'm not really surprised by the issue. It does make sense. It is one of those things that you just don't think about as an issue because we have free, clean water pretty much wherever you go. But places like the Middle East don't have that stuff. They are very dependent on the few water supplies each nation can get. A lot of the area is dessert and water is scarce there so if something were to happen to their water supply, they would be in real trouble. A human can only last about 2 days without water so if something were to happen, the government would have to act fast to find a new way of distributing water. Also, terrorist could attack the dams like the article said and cause flooding or other nations could dam up major rivers so downriver countries could not use them
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