Bush Heads Wrong Way on Global Food Crisis

The world food crisis -- the "silent tsunami" -- now threatens some 100 million people across the world. Food riots in Haiti, Egypt and Ethiopia have brought it to international attention. World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick says that 33 countries are at risk of food-related upheaval. Famine may revisit North Korea, parts of Africa and even Afghanistan, where the United States is already in trouble. The World Food Program has made an emergency appeal for additional food and aid. The danger is real and present.