Water is life in the Finger Lakes, the Middle East, and everywhere else on the planet. Try living without it.

Unfortunately, in the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, depriving people of water has become a strategic weapon.

Early this week Iran accused the U.S. of bombing an Iranian desalinization facility on Qeshm Island, affecting water supplies for 30 villages. Iran used the same strategy on Bahrain, using a drone to damage the Bahrain desalinization facility.

The U.S. claims to know nothing about the missile strike at Iran’s desalinization facility. Iranian officials say the Bahrain attack and its attacks on other Gulf nations are because they are closely allied with the U.S. Attacks are aimed at American military bases, not civilians.

Who did what, when, and to whom is less important than the effects of losing any water-producing facilities. The entire Middle East suffers from almost perpetual drought. Iran is in the same water-shortage situation as most of nations in the region.

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