Reply #1: One of my biggest gripes about Obama

[skepticscott]

is that he has not addressed this issue in any substantial way. Shrubbie has pretty much ignored it, and it has only gotten worse in the last 8 years (and will get no better in the foreseeable future). McCain is right when he says that disputes over water will be as important as those over oil, and in this case, the internal disputes will be much worse than the transnational ones. The next president simply MUST deal with this issue in a serious way, despite it being a political third rail...it cannot wait another decade. Unfortunately, this is not an issue that can be solved just by throwing money at it. It requires cooperation and sacrifice among everyone who wants a unified country, and we need a leader who can encourage and motivate that kind of behavior.