Here’s something to raise the hackles: According to the Observer Guardian in the UK (how come this received zero US coverage? Conspiracy theorists arise!), the Pentagon issued a report in 2004 predicting worldide chaos by 2020 as rising populations create shortages of water and food. It is a dire prediction, but not surprising from military scenario planners who have to accomodate any reasonable future problem.
This report was suppressed by the Bush administration. While some accuse them of burying their heads in the sand with denial, I believe they are simply hiding the truth so they don’t have to deal with it while in office. It doesn’t hurt that their friends in the oil business are reaping record profits in the meantime.