Food Shortage?

I just visited a Middle Eastern store to get a CD for an associate who is leaving the US. I took Azi’s advice and got him an Arabic CD. The owner of the store informed me she is out of basmati rice. By out, I mean there is a shortage of rice supply in the country. She stocked Jasmine rice as a substitute. Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisine use basmati rice for all rice dishes. I wonder how those restaurants will manage now?

Imagine shortage of food in the US! I heard a few comments in the store how the US will now know what it is like to have food shortage. Perhaps they were referring to Iraq, Palestine and other war torn countries, where US either started or are a direct sponsor of those wars. And wars mean no food and chaos, to put it mildly. Of course, one cannot compare starvation due to war with shortage of rice only.

Isn’t it then past time that billions of dollars be spent in restoring the economy rather than spending in wars?

On a different note, Fleetwood Mac’s Peacekeeper is running in my head.