Featured, Politics - Wednesday, October 8, 2008 1:05 - 0 Comments

Water: More Important than Anything Else in War

Soldiers, weapons, food and fuel are important but the U.S. Army absolutely cannot operate for long without water, a top Pentagon official told Reuters on Tuesday.

This simple fact is just as true for domestic bases as it is in “austere” forward installations in Iraq, said Tad Davis, the Army’s deputy assistant secretary for environment, safety and occupational health.

“Somebody recently said water’s the new oil and there’s a lot to be said for that,” Davis said at the Reuters Global Environment Summit. Continue…