the

TRUMPETweekly

children PAGE 2 pope PAGE 4 asia PAGE 5 dollar PAGE 7 next PAGE 9

A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2010

The ambitious deal

heralds a bold step toward
reconciliation between the
former enemies.
Any move toward
abandoning the dollar
as the worlds reserve
currency could have
disastrous consequences
for the U.S.
This Armageddon
looms in 2011.
Benedict has announced
the creation of a new
Vatican ofce to oversee
Romes latest crusade.
Children as young as 5
are being used by the
Taliban to lay bombs.
A
s the top 20 nations met in
Toronto at a record cost of $1
billion in a time of continuing
global fnancial crisis, they did so amid
an international atmosphere of great
confusion.
The G-20 meeting consummates a
month of earthshaking events that are
reshaping the global map into an inter-
national order refecting the descent of
the Anglo-Saxons and the rise to power
of their historical enemies.
Germany took the prize for dominating the headlines in
June. During the space of just a very few weeks, Germany
mooted the end of military conscription, proposed a com-
plete reorientation of its military priorities, publicized a
new foreign-policy alliance with Russia, and faced down the
Obama administration with a loud nein! to the U.S.s policy
of attempting to spend its way out of the global fnancial
crisis. To top it off, Germany humiliated the English national
football team with a 4 to 1 drubbing in Sundays playoff be-
tween the two nations at the World Cup in South Africa.
Yet it was not only June that saw Germany dominate the
news. Germany has fgured directly in more headlines dur-
ing the frst half of this year than at any other time since
World War ii.
In addition to Germanys dominance of debate at the G-20
summit, the three other major events of the month alluded
to earlier propelled Germany toward global power status: the
German defense ministers endorsement of removing the na-
tions longstanding policy of military conscription; the pub-
licly announced strengthening of a foreign-policy alliance
between Russia and Germany; and the Defense Ministrys
announcement of the strengthening of German naval power
off the Persian Gulf. Each on its own merits demonstrated a
sea change in postwar German government policy.
The months events highlighted yet again the fact that
Germanys Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
appears to have the ability to quietly go about the business
of reformatting Germanys defense apparatus without a
great deal of fanfare and seemingly at times without the
direct involvement of his boss, the embattled Chancellor
Merkel. In all of this he is gradually shaping media and pub-
lic opinion to accepting Germany as an overt military power.
Since Guttenberg took on Germanys defense portfolio
last October, he has seldom been out of the headlines. This
has ensured that the German population have been forced
though seemingly reluctantly, given the historyto enter
the debate on German security and defense. Last week, the
major German news service Der Spiegel swung its sup-
port behind Guttenbergs call to abolish conscription. Such
public support is crucial to the defense ministers strategy
to channel funds toward building a high-tech professional
military core for the Bundeswehr, while at the same time
appearing to save expenditure by cutting the budget alloca-
tion for conscription. It is a clever tactic that looks to be
heading for rapid success.
Conscription is not necessary at times when a large
component of foot soldiers is not called for. In fact, such a
policy, Guttenberg now maintains (backed by Spiegel), can
be positively wasteful. Following decades of training mili-
tary conscripts, Germany has multiple thousands of men of
service age on civvy street who, having done their time, are
grounded in the basics of soldiering. Whats more, grunts
can be called up any time and force-trained in short order
on demand. Therefore, any continuing policy of military
conscription, Guttenberg maintains, is redundant in post-
Cold War Germany.
What is most essential for an effcient military force is
to have a highly trained and motivated command structure
with access to a well-oiled, fully coordinated and standard-
ized industrial system geared to maximizing the output of
weaponry and associated military hardware at a moments
notice. The German elites have proved themselves expert at
such a strategy in the run-up to two world wars in the past.
Guttenberg, in consortium with leading German indus-
trialists, is well on the way to ensuring that Germany is in
shape as a powerful player in any future military challenge
using the identical approach to that adopted by German
elites in the early and mid-20th century.
Secondly, in strategic terms, Guttenbergs focus is in-
creasingly on the Middle East.
In a recent interview, Guttenberg confrmed that Ger-
many will continue its mandate to secure the Mediterranean.
Additionally, he indicated the imminent strengthening of
naval patrols off the Sinai Peninsula. This, together with the
recently announced United Arab Emirate-German consor-
tium building warships for deployment in the Persian Gulf,
is of particular interest to students of Bible prophecy as it
falls directly in line with what our editor in chief has identi-
fed as the Psalm 83 alliance. A prophecy in Psalm 83:3-8
Germanys Month
see GERMANY page 10
RON FRASER
COLUMNIST
Middle east
U
.s. President
Barack Obama
signed into law
a new set of sanctions
against Iran over
its nuclear weapons
program on Thursday
evening. The sanctions
are aimed at cutting
off Irans supply of
gasoline. Although
an exporter of crude
oil, Iran imports 30
percent of its gasoline.
Though these sanc-
tions are weightier than the recently passed UN sanctions against Iran,
their effectiveness remains doubtful. Tehran has responded noncha-
lantly, considering the measures largely an irritant rather than an
obstacle to continuing on its nuclear path. As Stratfor reports, Unless
the United States and its allies attempt a physical naval blockade of
Iranian gasoline imports or crude oil exportsan idea that is not even
up for discussionthere will remain an abundance of smugglers and
shell companies prepared to do business with Iran (July 2). Stratfor
reports that this in fact is already happening. Several of the big-name
corporations that have publicly announced a cessation of trade with
Iran, it says, are working through a network of third parties to get the
goods to Iran and earning a huge premium in the process. This is more
evidence that it is going to take a lot more than sanctions to stop Irans
nuclear quest.
The fow of aid into the Gaza Strip is increasing even as rocket attacks
on southern Israeli communities are being stepped up. Over the past
week more than 10 missiles and mortar shells have been fred from Gaza,
with one rocket on Wednesday badly damaging an Israeli factory. More
than 90 rockets and mortar attacks on Israeli civilians have emanated
from Gaza since January. Meanwhile, trucks laden with humanitarian
supplies cross into Gaza at a rate of 128 trucks a day, fve days a week.
TELEGRAPH | June 30
children Used to plant
taliban Bombs
C
hildren as young as 5 are being used by the Taliban to lay bombs
and carry weapons in a deadly new tactic in Afghanistan, it can
be disclosed. In the past fve months the number of child insur-
gents has increased almost fvefold in the town of Sangin, to a band of
40, who are used to run weapons, plant bombs and carry out tasks for
the Taliban, the Daily Telegraph has learnt.
According to military intelligence sources there are about 12 chil-
dren being routinely used in the Sangin area just to plant bombs.
The Taliban have resorted to the tactic because they know that Brit-
ish troops are unlikely to fre on children planting ieds (improvised
explosive devices). They have also been forced into the change because
sophisticated surveillance technology is able to pick up Taliban ied
planting teams and take action against them.
They know that we wont engage the kids, said an intelligence
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 2
GETTY IMAGES
iran arms syria
With radar
iran has sent Syria a sophisticated radar
system that could threaten Israels ability
to launch a surprise attack against Irans
nuclear facilities, say Israeli and U.S.
offcials, extending an alliance aimed at
undermining Israels military dominance
in the region.
The radar could bolster Syrias defenses
by providing early warning of Israeli air-
force sorties. It could also beneft Hezbol-
lah, the Iran-backed militant group based
in Lebanon and widely believed to receive
arms from Syria. Any sharing of radar in-
formation by Syria could increase the accu-
racy of Hezbollahs own missiles and bolster
its air defenses. That would boost Hezbol-
lah defenses, which U.S. and Israeli offcials
say have been substantially upgraded since
2006, the last time Israel fought the south-
ern Lebanon-based group.
The increased sophistication of the
weapons transfers and military coopera-
tion among the three signal an increased
risk of confict on Israels northern border.

Some analysts say Israel believes Iran

wants to escalate tensions on Israels
northern border with Lebanon and Syria
to divert attention from its nuclear pro-
gram. Iran is engaged in developing
Syrian intelligence and aerial detection ca-
pabilities, and Iranian representatives are
present in Syria for that express purpose,
the Israeli military said in a statement.
In the 2006 war against Hezbollah in
Lebanon, There was no opposition to
our jets. We few freely, said Cpt. Ron, an
active duty Israeli F-16 pilot, who under
Israeli security restrictions would allow
himself to be identifed only by his frst
name and rank. In the next Lebanon war,
we know it will not be like that.
Israeli offcials have in recent months
accused Iran and Syria of transferring to
Hezbollah Syrian-made M-600 missiles,
capable of striking targets in Tel Aviv
within a few hundred feet of accuracy;
advanced shoulder launched anti-aircraft
missiles; and an arsenal of short-range
rockets that Israeli offcials say has grown
to more than 40,000, from 12,000 in
2006.
The public accusation marked the frst
time Western intelligence agencies believe
a state may have transferred ballistic mis-
siles to a non-state militia that the U.S.
and Israel consider a terrorist group. The
missiles would give Hezbollah the ability
to hit virtually all of Israel.

WALL STREET JOURNAL | JULY 1
President Obama signs the Iran Sanctions Bill,
which will limit business done with Iran.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 3
source with 40 Commando, Royal Marines, based in Sangin. The kids
are less aware of the risks and will to do anything for a quick buck.
There have been 44 roadside bombs in Sangin in the past months, a
ffth were carried out by children.
MALAYSIAN INSIDER | July 1
iran Warns eU of dire
consequences over
sanctions
I
ran has warned European Union states of dire consequences because
of their decision to impose tighter sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear
program. Undoubtedly, such a confrontational approach may leave
dire consequences in the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran
and the European Union, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
said in a letter to EU foreign ministers obtained by Reuters yesterday.
The EUs decision will defnitely cause far greater losses for the Eu-
ropean Union itself rather than for the Islamic Republic of Iran as this
is amply demonstrated in all previous statistics, said the letter, which
was received on Tuesday.
Mottakis letter also said the 27-nation bloc will practically deny it-
self of the potentially strategic cooperation of a powerful and infuential
partner in the sensitive region of the Middle East and Persian Gulf.
The measures, which go substantially beyond those approved by the
United Nations Security Council on June 9, are designed to pressure
Tehran to return to talks on its uranium enrichment program which
Western powers believe is designed to produce nuclear weapons and
Iran says is peaceful.
europe
G
ermany emerged as the winner of more than just a World Cup
game last weekend. The G-20 meeting concluded with an
endorsement of the economic policies of German Chancellor
Angela Merkel and other European leaders, despite President Obamas
previous criticism of their plans. G-20 nations agreed to a non-binding
pledge to halve government defcits by 2013, and to balance budgets by
2016. To be honest, it was more than I expected, said Merkel. Ger-
many and the U.S. went into the summit with opposite views on cutting
the government debt. Germany got its way.
German Chancellor Angela Merkels government suffered a major
setback on June 30. Merkels candidate for the new German president,
Christian Wulff, failed to win an absolute majority in the frst two
rounds of voting. The president is elected by Germanys Federal Assem-
bly. In the frst two rounds, an absolute majority of assembly members
is required to elect a president. Wulff won in a third round of voting,
where a simple majority is all that is needed. Merkels coalition has a
majority in the assembly, however many in her own coalition rebelled
and voted instead for Wulffs more charismatic opposition, Joachim
Gauck. This is seen as a major failure of leadership for Merkel. Sd-
deutsche Zeitung wrote, This wasnt just an election day, it was a day
of reckoning for Merkel. It was the day that members of the coalitions
settled scores with the chancellor. Angela Merkel wasnt standing
for election but she was the loser on the day. This Federal Assembly
the Berlin-Moscow
economic axis
Berlin and Moscow are broadening their co-
operation to the feld of security technology
with plans for the Russian Sistema company
to join the German Infneon AG. Sistema is
due to acquire approximately 30 percent of
Infneon shares and thereby have access to
basic technology, as well as military relevant
encryption systems. Though there is opposi-
tion within Infneon, because cooperation
with Moscow in the feld of security would
weaken possibilities for sales to the West,
the company is still denying that talks to
this effect have ever taken place.
Yet according to reports, the German
chancellery has given the green light for
this project, because Moscows demand to
acquire German hi-tech can no longer be
ignored in the elaboration of their bilateral
cooperation. Reciprocity is expected. For
example, last week Siemens was granted
several contracts in the billions.
The intensifying German-Russian busi-
ness cooperation is publicly being promoted
as a modernization partnership and ex-
panded further via the EU. The objective is
to reduce Germanys dependence on North
American and Eurozone markets. Among
the consequences is the weakening of Ger-
manys bonds to the EUs single currency.
As a matter of fact, Russia has already
made several advance concessions to Berlin.
German energy companies, above all Eon,
hold exclusive positions in the Russian
natural gas sector. German-Russian busi-
ness had boomed up to the beginning of the
worldwide economic crisis and is again on
the upswing. Russian importers are still
buying a great deal from German suppliers,
even though in Moscows import statistics
since 2009, China is in frst place, slightly
ahead of Germany.
Most recently Siemens obtained a whole
series of major contracts. At the end of the
year, Siemens, in collaboration with a Rus-
sian partner, will begin furnishing 221 loco-
motives to the Russian state railroad, rzd, at
a cost of 1.1 billion Euros. Siemens will sup-
ply the Russian mrsk utilities company with
conduit technology for electricity. Siemens
will also participate in the construction of
the infrastructure for the liquefaction of
gas, currently being developed in the Arctic
Ocean and on Sakhalin.
These facts appear purely economic, but
they are, in reality, of great political signif-
cance. The weight of German business rela-
tions is slowly but surely shifting away from
North America and the Eurozone toward
Russia and Asia.

GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY | JUNE 30
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 4
became Merkels writing on the wall. Handelsblatt said that Merkel
and [German Foreign Minister Guido] Westerwelle are now fghting
for their political survival. Der Speigel wrote that Merkels next major
decision may be who to groom as a successor. Merkels career is com-
ing to an end. Expect a change of leadership in Germany.
Belgium took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1. This could
be a chance for the non-rotating EU President Herman Van Rumpoy
to take on more power. Belgium just held some inconclusive elections.
Coalition negotiations are expected to take several months, and in the
meantime Belgium has a caretaker government. This government is un-
likely to be very active, leaving Van Rumpoy able to play a bigger role in
leading Europe. The EU constitution is vague about exactly what pow-
ers Van Rumpoy possesses. He could increase the power of permanent
EU presidency by simply grabbing more while Belgium is distracted by
its own domestic troubles.
THETRUMPET.COM, RON FRASER | June 29
pope Benedict announces
a new crusade
I
n the most recent sign that the pope is moving more aggressively
against his faiths twin enemies, secularism and Islam, Benedict has
announced the creation of a new Vatican offce to oversee Romes
latest crusade. The pope yesterday announced he is to create a new
Vatican offce to fght secularization and re-evangelize the West, the
Australian reports (June 30). With specifc reference to Europe, Bene-
dict declared that though Christianity had existed on the Continent for
centuries, the process of secularization has produced a serious crisis of
the sense of the Christian faith and role of the church. The new pontif-
cal council, he said, would promote a renewed evangelization in coun-
tries where the church has long existed but which are living a progres-
sive secularization of society and a sort of eclipse of the sense of God.
Mooted for some months, the new offce now becomes an offcial pon-
tifcal council charged with the responsibility to make the re-evangeli-
zation of Europe and the Americas a priority. It will strengthen the hand
of Roman Catholic elites within those circles most infuential in promot-
ing the imperial European vision. At the same time, it will lead to the
revival of Romes connections in Latin America, thus strengthening the
symbiosis between the Latino nations and their Holy Roman heritage.
By the same token, this latest crusade of Benedicts is bound to clash
with the most radical of left-wing infuences within President Barack
Obamas cabinet and, in the process, widen the rift between the Euro-
pean Union and the United States.
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS | June 30
europe: Worst for Jews
since end of WW2
E
uroPean Jewry is in its worst condition since the end of World War ii.
This bleak evaluation was delivered by European Jewish Congress
President Moshe Kantor on Tuesday. Jews are afraid to walk the
streets in Europe with Jewish symbols, Kantor said. Synagogues, Jew-
ish schools and kindergartens require barbed-wire fences and security,
U.s. rules
that Victims
can sue Vatican
the resignation en masse of a church-
appointed child abuse commission in
Belgium yesterday left the Vatican strug-
gling with widening pedophile scandals
on both sides of the Atlantic.
A war of words broke out between
the Vatican and Brussels after the pope
condemned as deplorable the seizure by
police of the commissions fles, and the
detention of nine bishops for an entire
day last week. Pope Benedict xvi spoke
out again yesterday, warning an Austrian
cardinal against repeating accusations
that a senior Italian cardinal covered up
child abuse claims at the highest level.
The crisis enveloping the global
Roman Catholic Church deepened last
night when the U.S. Supreme Court
opened the way for the Vatican to be
sued by the victims of pedophile priests.
The Vatican had wanted the court to
throw out a lawsuit seeking to hold it
responsible for the crimes of a priest who
was moved from Ireland to Chicago, and
then to Portland, to escape prosecution.
Yesterday, the court rejected the Vati-
cans argument that, as a sovereign state,
it enjoyed immunity from prosecution in
the U.S.
A similar church-versus-state confict
is unfolding in Belgium. A commission
of inquiry into child abuse, set up by
the Catholic Church there in 2000, has
long suffered from allegations of inertia.
It focused on about 30 cases and tried
to resolve them between the parties
involved rather than hand over details
for prosecution. Peter Adriaenssens, a
respected child psychiatrist, was brought
in to chair the commission this year to
restore confdence. But the panel was
overwhelmed with hundreds of fresh
allegations after the resignation in April
of Roger Vangheluwe, 73, the bishop of
Bruges, for abusing a boy over several
years.
On Thursday police seized 475 case
fles from the commission offces, as they
stepped up their own investigation after
suspicions that senior church fgures
were being protected from the law. Such
was the police mistrust of the church
inquiry, and the atmosphere of paranoia
surrounding the affair, that they drilled
into the tombs of two cardinals then
used a camera to look for documents,
although none were found.

TIMES | JUNE 29
and Jewish men, women and children are beaten up in broad daylight.
Most worryingly, he added, Jews are being forced out of many
European cities, like Malmo, because of the atmosphere of hostility
and violence. Malmo, on the southern tip of Sweden, is the countrys
third-largest city, with 290,000 people. It has the highest proportion
of non-Scandinavian natives of any Swedish city; the largest group of
immigrants is from Iraq.
Earlier this year, the Sunday Telegraph reported that increasing
numbers of Jews were leaving Malmo for Israel and England because of
a jump in anti-Semitic violence by both Muslim extremists and neo-
Nazis. Where are European leaders?
Kantor asked for support from European leaders: I would like Euro-
pean politicians to state loud and clear, he said, that there is no justif-
cation or understanding whatsoever for the attacks on Jews or Jewish
institutions in Europe.
He rejected the claim uttered by Malmo Mayor Ilmar Reepalu, and
many others, that the attacks on Jews are simply a byproduct of the
Middle East violence, especially Israels counter-terror attack on Gaza
18 months ago. This line of reasoning is illegitimate as well as dishon-
est, Kantor said. There are tens of conficts raging in the world, where
hundreds of thousands of people are losing their lives. Has anyone
heard of a single other act of violence in Europe that is justifed because
of a foreign confict?

asia
C
hina and Taiwan signed a historic agreement on Tuesday that
forges the strongest ever trade ties between Asias rising giant and
its longtime rival. The ambitious deal heralds a bold step toward
reconciliation between the former enemies, but has many Taiwanese
concerned that their nations direction will erode away its independence.
The trade pact, called the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
(ecfa), will signifcantly reduce tariffs and open up mutual market access
across the Taiwan Strait. It is by far the most important of the dozens
of economic agreements Taipei and Beijing have signed in the two years
since pro-China Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou came into power.
Taiwan, however, is negotiating with an immensely powerful neighbor
that simply does not recognize its right to exist as an independent entity.
This fundamental reality makes ecfa more than just another free-trade
pact, and it should give Taipei pause regarding Beijings advances.
The fBi announced on Monday that it had uncovered an intricate net-
work of alleged Russian spies in the U.S., most of whom were operating
under false identities, and Moscow has somewhat unexpectedly claimed
the agents as Russian citizens. Offcials say some of the undeclared
agents entered the U.S. in the 1990s, while others arrived as recently
as 2009. Nine of the 11 suspects were equipped with fake identities and
cover stories, even including fabricated childhood photos enabling them
to establish deep cover in the U.S. At the center of the plot were two
Russian handlers from Moscows Foreign Intelligence Service (svr), the
successor to the kgB, who managed the agents from their Manhattan of-
fces at the Russian mission to the United Nations. The svr allegedly pro-
vided the spies with homes, bank accounts, transportation and income
to enable long-term service inside the U.S., where the individuals were
supposed to search [for] and develop ties in policymaking circles. It
is unclear how successful the accused individuals were in discovering
valuable U.S. secrets, but not all policymakers are taking the discovery
lightly. Congressman Pete Hoekstra of Michigan said that the discov-
ery of the spy ring is the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot more of this
going on both the Russians and the Chinese are very, very aggressive.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 5
the southern Border
could Get Much
Worse
the southern border of the usa is no longer
something that we can ignore or use as a
political tool. Successive presidents have
failed to control this border for one reason
or another, but the escalation of drug
cartel violence on the southern side of the
border is making the issue of illegal immi-
gration almost an afterthought. It seems
that if something doesnt change, we could
be looking at an all-out war with Mexican
drug cartels.
Police Chief Jeff Kirkham of the bor-
der town Nogales, Arizona, told Tucson
Channel 9 (aBc) news that he has received
threats that the Mexican drug cartels
will start using snipers to target on- and
off-duty police offcers from across the
border. Given the fact that Nogales sits
right on the border with the town of He-
roica Nogales on the other side, the threat
is entirely credible and feasible. Heroica
Nogales would provide ample places to
hide within sniper range of many parts of
Nogales. With an effective range of over
one mile, modern rifes could easily target
U.S. citizens and police in an eerie echo of
the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian war.
If snipers start setting up shop in He-
roica Nogales, we certainly wont be able
to count on the Mexican military to take
care of the problem. The cartels clearly
dont fear the Mexican military, given the
enormous intimidation and bribery that
they are able to bring to the table.
However dismal the sniper scenario
sounds, the problem doesnt stop there.
The Mexican drug cartels are exception-
ally well-manned and armed with fully
automatic AK-47 rifes, rPgs, and standard
grenades, none of which are available for
sale in the usa. How long before the cartels
realize that they have far more men and
armament than a border crossing and
outright attack the police manning the
crossing? It could start with the Mexican
border control agents abandoning their
post to avoid certain death and end with
the cartels attacking a border crossing,
thus opening up a foodgate through which
tens of thousands of illegal immigrants,
narcotics traffckers, criminals and terror-
ists could food into the usa in a matter of
hours.
If the Mexican drug cartels stop fght-
ing each other and unite, this scenario
could rapidly become a catastrophe.
AMERICAN THINKER,
ROBERT EUGENE SIMMONS JR. | JULY 1
They are very good. They are not only targeting military and intelli-
gence areas, but they are also targeting our research universities . On
Thursday, the spy rings paymaster, Robert Christopher Metsos, disap-
peared after he was arrested in Cyprus and released on bail. His escape
highlights Cypruss close ties to Russia and suggests that Moscow played
a hand in his disappearance. The spy ring demonstrates that, even de-
cades after the end of the Cold War and the kgB, Russias intelligence ap-
paratus is still very much alive. Expect Moscow to continue to brandish
its nearly unmatched intelligence community to further Russias rise.
latin aMerica/africa
W
hile the worlds biggest economies are struggling, Latin
America appears to be doing rather well. Brazils central bank
announced on June 29 that the nations economy could grow
by up to 7.3 percent in 2010. The World Bank recently forecast that the
whole regions economy could grow by 4.5 percent this year. Mexico
may grow by over 5 percent, and Peru grew by 9.3 percent over a period
of one year, ending in April 2010. These countries are rich in resources.
As this region grows in prosperity, expect other countries to increase
competition for infuence and trade links in the area.
Eleven police offers were killed by Islamic militants in Algeria, near
the border with Mali, on June 30 in Algerias deadliest attack this year.
The local militants have allied themselves with al Qaeda.
anglo-aMerica
J
une ended on a sour note on Wednesday with the release of a U.S.
Congressional Budget Offce report. The outlook said that federal
debt is hitting its highest levels since World War ii. At the end of
2008, indebtedness accounted for 40 percent of the nations economic
output. By the end of 2010, it will be up to 62 percent. But even this es-
timate does not take into account $1 trillion in Fannie and Freddie debt,
or promises made through Medicaid and Medicare.
American automakers Ford, Chrysler and GM all saw their U.S. ve-
hicle sales drop more than 10 percent in June. The decline was seen as
a certain sign that any economic recovery is in jeopardy. Jobless claims
also rose unexpectedly, and manufacturing cooled.
Our wastefulness is catching up with us. The case is literal in Los An-
geles. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles County grand jury reported that the
county will soon produce more trash than it can dispose of. The county is
developing three facilities to use trash as fuel. But even with those online
in 2017 and processing a maximum of 900 tons per day, the county will
be unable to handle a projected 48,000 tons of trash per day by 2018.
TELEGRAPH | June 28
UK slides in
Manufacturing rankings
A
n index that compares global manufacturing competitiveness has
put the UK in 17th place, with the ranking predicted to fall as low
as 20th by 2015. Last year the UK was responsible for 2.6 percent
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 6
the chaos Factor
[t]here is a signpost up ahead in
America, and it reads, The Chaos
Zone. The fring of Gen. Stanley
McChrystal is just one piece of a
jumbled public policy puzzle that now
threatens the presidency of Barack
Obama.
Lets take it step by step. Af-
ghanistan is going poorly because the
Afghan government is corrupt and
the folks distrust their leadership. So
theres not great enthusiasm to fght
the Taliban even though those killers
are despised, as well. Also, to avoid
civilian casualties, U.S. and nato forces
rarely call in air strikes and have a
virtual checklist before fring at bad
guys. Now, their commander has been
fred because of a stupid article in Roll-
ing Stone magazine, of all publications.
Couldnt it have at least been Readers
Digest?
Back home, the oil spill continues to
gush unabated. To say this situation is
chaotic is understating it by miles. Re-
cently, the Coast Guard stopped vessels
from vacuuming up oil slicks in order
to check out the life vest situation.
The economy may not be in chaos,
but is anyone banking on it, pardon
the pun? And then there is Mexico.
Drug cartels run entire cities, and
more than 23,000 people have been
murdered since President Felipe Calde-
ron declared war on the cartels. The
U.S. government knows all this yet will
not secure the southern border, adding
to the chaos on both sides of it. This
has been going on for decades.
Smack in the middle of all this sits
President Obama in the Oval Offce.
Is the oil slick his fault? Was he the
cause of the dumb comments made by
McChrystal and his staff? Is Mexican
violence on the president? The answer
to all those questions is no. Obama had
nothing to do with them.
But now he does. He must clean
up the oil, handle the fallout from
McChrystal and stop the border mad-
ness. These things are all in motion on
his watch.
President Obama was slow reacting
to the oil spill. He seems loath to send
the National Guard to the border. Af-
ghanistan? Who knows? Same thing
with the economy.
Americans like strong leadership
that appears to have things under con-
trol. Anybody seen that recently?

HUMAN EVENTS| JUNE 27
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 7
of world manufacturing out-
put, down from 5.5 percent
in 1980.
The report is based on a
survey of 400 senior manu-
facturing executives around
the world. Given the
signifcant proportion of gdP
earned through our manu-
facturing base [13 percent], and the number of people employed in this
sector, any further slippage in our competitiveness will have a real
impact on the UK economy, said [David Raistrick, UK manufacturing
leader at Deloitte].
THETRUMPET.COM | June 30
United nations says ditch
the dollar
T
he dollar is unreliable and needs to be replaced as the worlds re-
serve currency, the United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs said in a report released June 29.
Instead, the UN wants to replace the dollar with a new global cur-
rency managed by the International Monetary Fund. The new currency,
called sdrs, or special drawing rights, offcials to maintain stability.
However, any move toward abandoning the dollar as the worlds re-
serve currency could have disastrous consequences for the U.S. econ-
omy. Reserve currency status means there is huge, virtually locked-in
demand for dollars. This has allowed Americans to run huge defcits
and debts, while not having to deal with the stifing consequences of
rising interest rates. It also allows the Federal Reserve to print money
to stimulate the economy, pay the bills, and stealthily infate away the
national debt.
If the dollar were to lose its reserve currency status, it would be a
rude awakening to a nation suddenly forced to deal with decades of
overspending. There is a global trend of nations seeking ways to aban-
don the dollar reserve system. Germany, France, Russia, Brazil, the UN,
and the International Monetary Fund have all expressed misgivingsif
not outright criticismconcerning the dollar system and the unfair
advantages it gives America.
The problem facing these nations is, what is the alternative? Accord-
ing to the Bible, two gigantic markets will rule the post-dollar world:
one in Europe, focused on Germany, and one in Asia, focused on China
and Japan. These two markets will grow to dominate trade, and will do
so at Americas expense.
WALL STREET JOURNAL | June 30
cyber terrorism is now
seen as a real threat
Q
uaint details such as letters written in invisible ink, rendezvous
in parks and buried stashes of cash have made the alleged Rus-
sian spies now under arrest in the U.S. sound very old-fashioned.
Moscow chose to add to that impression, with the Foreign Ministry
Precisely as prophesied, Britains sun has
now set. As these same prophecies that
foretold Britains greatness revealed far in
advance, Britain has already been reduced
to a second-rate or third-rate power in the
world Herbert Armstrong, The United
States and Britain in Prophecy
a Flirt With
dictatorships
strange trend: Liberals in
America pining for authori-
tarianism. Last year the New
York Timess Thomas Fried-
man, lamenting the political
paralysis that was hindering
the Obama administrations
legislative agenda, wrote
about the advantages of au-
tocracy: that it can just impose the politically
diffcult but critically important policies needed
to move a society forward in the 21st century.
Last month he said, I have fantasizeddont
get me wrongbut that what if we could just be
China for a day? [W]here we could actually,
you know, authorize the right solutions.
Guess whos listeningand agreeing? Ger-
man elites. In the lead article of the May-June
issue of Germanys leading journal on global
affairs, Herfried Mnkler reveals a theme
popping up in the private conversations of the
German establishment. They sound a lot like
Tom Friedman: Democracy has them frustrat-
ed, for several reasons. Its inertia. Its sluggish-
ness. Its susceptibility to corruption by special
interest groups. These elites recognize a state
of democratic fatigue, and what they yearn
for, Mnkler explains, is a bit of dictatorship.
Thats right. The spreading discomfort
with democracy in Western nations brings
with it a certain seductiveness for a firt with
dictatorships.
Looking at the world today, Internationale
Politik notes, the real success stories are
autocracies. The economic boom of auto-
cratic powers such as China and Russia has
reignited the competition of systems, says
the issues lead editorial. Have authoritar-
ian systems refurbished their glossbecause
they are quicker at making decisions than
portly democracies?
It is not diffcult to see the failure of the
democratic model in todays worldin America
and virtually everywhere it is being applied.
Now in response, intellectuals are criticizing the
notion that the only legitimate government is a
popularly elected government. Germanys pres-
ent period of democracy is a historical anomaly.
Germansand not just the eliteshave always
preferred a strongman government. Democracy
has always been imposed from outside, only to
collapse and revert to totalitarianism.
Prophecy is clear that Germany will rise
one last time to ignite global warunder the
robust leadership of a strongman. That pri-
vate yearning for a firt with dictatorship is
about to become very public; and as Revela-
tion 17:1-2 show, those elites will get more
than a firt with it.

JOEL HILLIKER | COLUMNIST
california: is
an earthquake
imminent?
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 8
criticizing the U.S. action as being in the spirit of Cold War-era spy
stories.
But while the Cold War fnished, the spying never stopped. [The
website of MI5, the UKs security service] estimates that at least 20
foreign intelligence services are operating against the country, with
Russia and China of most concern. The number of Russian intelligence
offcers in London has not fallen since Soviet times, it declares. And if
Russia has retained that level of interest in the UK, it is unlikely to have
lessened the attention it pays to the U.S.
Fast-evolving technology is affecting both the spying game and
potential terrorist tactics. Cyber terrorism is now perceived as a real
threat. The UK Parliaments Intelligence and Security Committee, in its
2009/10 annual report, cited evidence it had received from the chief of
the Secret Intelligence Service, otherwise known as MI6. He had said
that The whole question of cyber security is shooting up everybodys
agendas and that it is a major new challenge to the intelligence com-
munity.
The fear is that modern nations are so dependent on technology that
widespread interference with systems could wreak havoc. In the
words of the MI6 director general: At the moment my understanding
is that there will be considerable impact if a state, be it Russia or China,
and probably those are the most likely, decided to do serious damage to
us one way or another.
More recently, Dennis Blair, the U.S. director of national intelligence,
told the Senate Intelligence committee that Malicious cyber activity
is occurring on an unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistica-
tion. He added that: Sensitive information is stolen daily from both
government and private-sector networks .
Security experts are clear that potential aggressors are now amass-
ing detailed information with which they could launch a cyber-terror-
ism attack. Since last year, the UK has a Cyber Security Strategy, but it
will struggle to beat those that have a cyber terrorism strategy.
TELEGRAPH, AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD | June 27
rBs tells clients to
prepare for Monster
Money-printing
A
s recovery starts to stall in the U.S. and Europe with echoes of
mid-1931, bond experts are once again dusting off a speech by
Ben Bernanke given eight years ago as a freshman governor at
the Federal Reserve.
Titled Defation: Making Sure It Doesnt Happen Here, it is a war-
fare manual for defeating economic slumps by use of extreme monetary
stimulus once interest rates have dropped to zero, and implicitly once
governments have spent themselves to near bankruptcy.
The speech is best known for its irreverent one-liner: The U.S.
government has a technology, called a printing press, that allows it to
produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.
Bernanke began putting the script into action after the credit system
seized up in 2008, purchasing $1.75 trillion of treasuries, mortgage
securities, and agency bonds to shore up the U.S. credit system. He
stopped far short of the $5 trillion balance sheet quietly penciled in by
the Fed Board as the upper limit for quantitative easing (QE).
Andrew Roberts, credit chief at rBs, is advising clients to read the
Bernanke text very closely because the Fed is soon going to have to the
pull the lever on monster quantitative easing.
the united States Geologi-
cal Service reports that in
any given year one can
expect 15 major quakes
(7.0 on the Richter scale
or higher) plus one great
quake (8.0 or higher). We
are six months into 2010 and already
weve had one great quake and nine major
quakes. Remarking on the frequency
of quakes in 2010, the San Francisco
Chronicle observed March 1: As of this
writing, theres no documentation of
such a frequency of quakes as the one the
world has seen this year, with so many
large quakes in a two-month period
(emphasis mine).
Of course, the scientists assure us
that earthquakes are common and that
there is nothing abnormal about all these
temblors. But if science confrms that
large earthquakes occur randomly and
oftenand that the frequency of large
quakes is increasingdoesnt this mean
that a massive quake will inevitably occur
in one of the seismically active regions of
America? Perhaps California?
Again, take a look at the science. Last
year, scientists from the University of
CaliforniaIrvine published new research
on the San Andreas fault, which runs be-
neath the heavily populated Los Angeles
basin has had, over the past 700 years, a
large earthquake (larger than 8.0) on the
fault about every 137 years. The last major
quake in the San Andreas fault system
was the Fort Tejon temblor of 1857.
The math is simple: 1857 + 137 = 1994!
So, according to scientifc research,
the San Andreas fault is roughly 15 years
overdue for a large earthquake. (Note, the
1994 Northridge quake did not directly
involve the San Andreas fault system.)
The big one is going to be on the San
Andreas fault of around magnitude 8.0,
warned Dr. Nancy King, a geophysicist
with the U.S. Geological Survey. We cant
predict earthquakes, she warned, but
someday there will be another big one on
the San Andreas which will be a real
disaster.
King is right, predicting the specifc
time of arrival of the next quake is impos-
sible. But looking at the intense seismic
activity, particularly around the Pacifc
Ring of Fire, its impossible not to wonder
if it may not be soonreally soon.

BRAD MACDONALD | COLUMNIST
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 9
We cannot stress enough how strongly we believe that a cliff-edge
may be around the corner, for the global banking system (particularly
in Europe) and for the global economy. Think the unthinkable, he said
in a note to investors.
Socit Gnrales uber-bear Albert Edwards said the Fed and
other central banks will be forced to print more money whatever they
now say, given the stinking fscal mess across the developed world.
The response to the coming defationary maelstrom will be addition-
al money printing that will make the recent QE seem insignifcant,
he said.
Bernanke warned in that speech eight years ago that sustained de-
fation can be highly destructive to a modern economy because it leads
to slow death from a rising real burden of debt.
There is no doubt that the Fed has the tools to stop this. Suffcient
injections of money will ultimately always reverse a defation, said Ber-
nanke. The question is whether he can muster support for such action
in the face of massive popular disgust . If he cannot, we are in grave
trouble.
STEPHEN FLURRY | Columnist
the hockey stick
chart
W
hy did the Western world start to accu-
mulate massive amounts of wealth at the
beginning of the 19th century? That was a
question posed in response to a statement President Obama made last
week about leveling the playing feld in the world economy.
The commentator, who criticized the presidents world view, pointed
to a hockey stick chart showing the world per capita gdP hovering
around poverty level during the frst several millennia of mans exis-
tence. Then, around 1800, there was a sharp and dramatic turn upward
on the chart. Worldwide wealth skyrocketed. Why? According to the
commentator, it was because that is when America and the free market
arrived!
Is that true? Is Americas success really a result of the free mar-
ket? Could you imagine, for example, Americas forefathers attributing
the blessings of prosperity and power to the free market economy? In
his Thanksgiving Proclamation on Oct. 3, 1789, George Washington
acknowledged the providence of God for the great degree of tranquility,
union, and plenty and for all the great and various favors that had
been bestowed upon America. In his mind, it was God who gave the
United States its independence and who placed Americans in the most
enviable condition.
Washington is right. In Genesis 12 God makes an unbreakable
promise to Abraham that his latter-day descendants would receive
unfathomable prosperity and awesome power. These promises of na-
tional greatness were conditioned upon Abrahams obedience. And as
most Bible students know, Abraham faithfully obeyed his Creator. But
he didnt live long enough to see God follow through on His end of the
covenant.
God re-promised these birthright blessings to Isaacthen again
to Jacob. In Genesis 28:13-14, God said that Abrahams descendants
would eventually spread to every corner of the Earth. Through Jacob,
whose name was eventually changed to Israel, God re-promised these
birthright blessings to Josephs sons Ephraim and Manasseh, who as
Herbert Armstrong explained, now comprise Britain and the United
States, respectfully. This fascinating story is recorded in Genesis 48. In
the next Big crisis:
state Bankruptcies
many say that the situation in Greece is a har-
binger of what is coming to the United States.
They are right. But frst it will come to states
like New York, California and Michigan, which
are stretched way beyond their means and
deeply in debt.
Until now, the problems in these states have
been papered over by federal aid. Essentially,
Washington has relieved these states (and the
local governments they fund) of their constitu-
tional obligations to balance their budgets by
giving them welfare checks in the nick of time.
Barack Obama now seeks to pass $50 billion in
additional welfare to the states.
But, since these federal funds are not neces-
sarily recurringand the jobs and obligations
they fund arethey simply enlarge each years
defcit hole and enable the states to go more
deeply into the red.
As these defcits mountparticularly if a
newly elected Republican House and/or Senate
refuse to fund thembondholders will get more
and more nervous. Eventually, they will realize
that the less solvent states are bankrupt and
will refuse to buy their debt. Eyes in Sacra-
mento, Lansing and Albany will turn helplessly
to Washington to guarantee their debt, just as
Athens turns to Berlin.
There is currently no legal procedure for a
state government to go bankrupt. Congress
should pass a mechanism that permits states
to discharge in bankruptcy their collective
bargaining agreements and contracts with their
municipal unions. Of course, this procedure
would have to let school boards and local gov-
ernments do likewise.
The money will run out. States, school boards
and localities will stop sending out checks.
Emergency state funding may keep schools open,
prisons locked, and police and fre services run-
ning, but otherwise all hell will break loose.
This Armageddon looms in 2011, present-
ing us with either an opportunity to reform our
government in fundamental ways or to set in
stone our path to an Athens-esque meltdown.

HUMAN EVENTS, DICK MORRIS | JUNE 23
America is currently in the midst of a deep
recession that is going to cut to the bone.
All levels of government have been borrowing
like crazy to plug the gaps. The borrowed
money has only provided temporary relief. The
bills are coming due. Expect more taxesand
one more cut and layoff after anotheruntil
you are numb to the pain. Dont believe the
hype. The economy will not soon recover.
States: Cant Stop the Bleeding, May 11,
theTrumpet.com
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 3, 2010 10
forecasts an end-time alliance between Germany (biblical Assyria) and
a host of Middle East nations, predominantly those which today occupy
the Levant and Sinai Peninsula.
In relation to Germanys Mideast foreign policy, we have previously
stated that Germany will not pull out of Afghanistan. It simply cannot
afford to.
Afghanistan gives Germany a position on the eastern fank of Iran.
This is crucial to the German strategy of surrounding the Middle East
oil-producing nations. The German drive to secure vital access to oil
and gas is two-pronged: Form a close alliance with its present main
supplier, Russia, while setting a defensive ring around the worlds other
major suppliers of energy, Iran and Arabia.
Last weeks announcement of both Germanys heightened foreign-poli-
cy alliance with Russia and of the strengthening of Germanys naval pres-
ence in the Gulfcoming within days of each other last weekare strong
indications of Germanys present aggressive push behind its Middle East
strategy. The confusion in Washington and in U.S. military circles sur-
rounding last weeks sacking of Gen. Stanley McChrystal will just add fuel
to the fery acceleration of Germanys Middle East foreign-policy push.
Where is Germanys new military strategy leading?
The prophecies of your Bible show that this is all leading to Germany
becoming the dominant player in the Middle East peace process. The
Roman Catholic elites in Berlin and Rome are intent on marching into
Israel and seizing back, under the old Holy Roman crusading cross,
the prized jewel of the city of Jerusalem!
That event will be the harbinger of the greatest event ever witnessed
and headlined by the global mass media: the coming of the long-await-
ed Messiah to rule this world with the only government that can ever
bring peace, global order and prosperity to this war-ravaged world.
GERMANY from page 1
verse 16, Israel said, let my name be named on them. Ephraims and
Manassehs descendants took on the name Israel. They were to become
a great people; Ephraim, a multitude of nationsManasseh, the single
greatest nation in history (Genesis 48:19; see also 35:11).
In Leviticus 26, God told the Israelites, who were now in the Prom-
ised Landincluding the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, on whom
the birthright was bestowedthat they would inherit the birthright
blessings immediately if they would obey Him. In verses 1 through 13,
God explains that if they obeyed, then they would receive the blessings.
Then, beginning in verse 14, God lists the curses He would bring upon
them for disobedience.
As the Bible shows, the people of ancient Israel rebelled against God
and turned to idolatry. God cursed them with captivity and slavery.
But that doesnt mean He broke the unconditional promises made to
Abraham. The Bible, specifcally Leviticus 26:18, shows that He merely
withheld those promises until after 2,520 years of punishment ended at
the beginning of the 19th century!
This is why the line on the hockey stick chart went vertical af-
ter 1800. Its why Britain and America simultaneously ascended
to unprecedented heights of world dominance and infuenceone
becoming a multitude, or commonwealth, of nations and the other
becoming the single greatest nation in history. These immeasur-
able blessings were certainly not lavished upon our peoples because
of any American ingenuity or because of the virtues of free market
capitalism. They were gifted to us from a benevolent and gracious
God because of a promise He made to our forefather Abraham 3,500
years ago.
To learn the details of Gods magnifcent promise to Abraham, re-
quest our free book The United States and Britain in Prophecy.
the coming
hard rain
most of your typical eco-
nomic analysts have never
lived through a really tough
period of time. Yet there are
a few voices from the De-
pression era still aliveand
they are shouting a warning at the top of
their lungs, hoping that someone, anyone,
will listen.
In short: The recession is just starting,
the stock market is set up for the biggest
bear market crash ever, the government is
going to be shocked when foreign lenders
abandon it, and the dollar could devalue
suddenly and catastrophically.
But will their warnings go unheeded?
I saw it once, and I never want to see it
again. The 1930s were one of the tough-
est times in Americas history. It broke fa-
mous companies, it broke families, and it
almost broke a nation. Economic analyst
Richard Russell remembers those days,
and he is afraid they are about to return
For Russell, following the Roaring
Twenties life dramatically swung in the
opposite direction. In 1929, the stock
market crashed and his Uncle Irving
jumped out of a 10-story midtown Man-
hattan hotel. One year later, everything
had changed: Unemployment lines with
tired men in patched clothing stretched
around blocks and panhandlers clogged
the curbs.
A decade later, the economy was still
deteriorating. By that time, California
had become a semi-police state. Sher-
iffs turned away travelers from entering
towns out of fear that they would steal
local jobs. Offcials rounded up the home-
less and shipped them to other parts of
the country.
It took a world war to fnally bring
America out of the Great Depression.
Recently, Russell told his readers that
life is about to change in Americaand
not for the better. Do your friends a
favor, he said. Tell them to batten down
the hatches because theres a hard rain
coming. Tell them to get out of debt and
sell anything they can sell (and dont
need) in order to get liquid. Tell them that
by the end of this year they wont rec-
ognize the country (Dow Theory Letters,
May 20; emphasis mine).
Those are strong words. The global
economy may not have tipped into depres-
sion yet, but a hard rainas in a foodis
coming. It is just a matter of how soon.

ROBERT MORLEY | COLUMNIST