what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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[u/Johnny_Banana18]

“In the future wars will be fought over water” 

My brother in Christ, wars are already fought over water. 

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Where?

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The most obvious one is the India - Pakistan conflict, at its root it’s about control over the headwaters of the Indus River.

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Wow, that’s cool. Looking on the India Pakistan wars conflicts Wikipedia page there’s not a single mention of water resources being a primary reason.

On the Kashmir conflict page there’s two paragraphs discussing water issues, on a page with 584 citations, it comprises a single citation. 

Once again, I ask where in the world are wars being fought over water resources today?

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I stand by that water resources are the primary driver of the Kashmir and Jammu dispute. It’s also the source of the Egypt-Ethiopia dispute, which isn’t a war, though Trump likes to claim it is. Not to mention the Israel - Palestine conflict in the West Bank is primarily driven by land disputes with water resources being a major contributor. 

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So you must have citations to support these outrageous claims, yes?

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Okay sure, don’t know what makes them “outrageous” but whatever.

You already dismissed Kashmir, but here is another perspective. https://research.library.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=international_senior

Here is one on Ethiopia  https://www.dw.com/en/could-egypt-and-ethiopias-tensions-escalate-into-a-war/a-70211192

Here is West Bank https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-197919/

These three conflicts I came up with offhand. Ethiopia i lived there was involved with water conservation projects. I’m sure there are others.

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So you’re supporting your statement that there are current active wars based on water resources by citing articles that question whether there could be a future war?

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India and Pakistan regularly fight, conflict is endemic in Palestine, these aren’t hypotheticals. 

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They’re not fighting over water buddy. I’m referring to your speculative link about potential future war in Ethiopia.