Lack of water and Land Use in the Middle East

Welcome back to LOJ blog! The problem with being in the Middle East is we're constantly thirsty. Ever since leaving the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, we just can't seem to get enough to drink. The main problem is, the locals and shops don't have much to spare!

But we need to use the water here for agriculture, which is actually what 90% of the water here is used for. The people have to eat, I guess... Waaaaaaait,what? The food's exported? Hmmmmm...

But I won't dis Middle Eastern culture. I will only state the facts. In the Middle East, including Africa, there are going to be 18 waterless countries. The countries will be- Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Algeria, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, the UAE, Yemen, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Libya, Morocco, Oman, and Syria. Personally, though, I don't know what Bahrain is whining about. I mean, it's a freaking island! I'm sure they have a reason, though...

I heard that Olivia was going on about the lack of Tigers on the Tigris river. Is that true? *Sigh* Olivia. Anyway, I miss the rivers. It's so dry here!

You know, maybe the reason Bahrain is waterless is because the water it's around is salty? I don't know.

One major issue about the water, or lack thereof, is that people will fight wars over the water. Yup, you heard that right- wars. I mean, kindergarten, people... SHARE??? I suppose that there's just not enough water, but still...

The rivers we were just at, the Tigris and Euphrates, have almost caused wars between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Turkey is all like, "We own this water 'cause it starts here!" so Iraq and Syria get all mad and are like "We need some water too! It runs through our countries!" SO Turkey goes, "Alright, I'll share" when it really has no intentions whatsoever to share so Syria says, "We'll call in the extremists!" so Turkey says, "Then we'll have a complete blockage! The Kurdish Worker's Party, AKA your extremist group, are insurgents against us!" Basically the whole Syrian/Turkey fight, summed up in one conversation. I love doing that, don't you?

If you want more information on the fights and water-dry countries, go here