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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 27 - APRIL 2, 2011

Around 230,000 people
have been displaced
in Mexico as a result
of drug wars.
In the Middle East, it
seems Americas chief
foreign-policy goal
is to do whatever
is necessary
not to upset Iran.
Germany has dared to
go it alone for the rst
time since 1949.
Today in America there
are nearly twice as many
people working for the
government (22.5 million)
than in all of manufacturing
(11.5 million).
More than a third
of people planning to retire
in Britain this year will do
so with incomes below
the poverty line.
W
e live in a world gone mad.
Just look at whats happened
this year alone. The collapse of
Tunisias government in mid-January
triggered a frestorm of protest and
violence that is still burning across the
Middle East. In Egypt, the United States
forced Hosni Mubarak out of power and
handed the nation over to the Muslim
Brotherhooda radical transforma-
tion theTrumpet.com has predicted for
nearly 20 years.
In Libya, a headless coalition of Western nations has at-
tacked the forces of long-time dictator Muammar Qadhaf.
This misguided venture essentially aligns the U.S. with
a network of Libyan rebels that is infested with al Qaeda
operatives.
And al Qaedas response to President Obama? Thank
you very much. In their latest English-language propa-
ganda publication, called Inspire, one cleric writes, Our
mujahideen brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and the rest
of the Muslim world will get a chance to breathe again after
three decades of suffocation.
Of course, it is Iranthe number-one state sponsor of
terrorismthat stands to beneft most from this rampant
spread of radical Islam. Like al Qaedas leadership, the
mullahs are delighted by the U.S. support for uprisings in
Egypt and Libya. With momentum clearly on its side, Iran
is now using its proxies to provoke war with Israel and fuel
protests in Bahrain and Yemen, where it hopes to topple
regimes that have had a long history of supporting Ameri-
can interests.
Irans only cause for concern, as Brad Macdonald wrote
about Thursday, is in Syria, where a popular uprising
threatens the government of Bashar Al-AssadIrans part-
ner in terror. To this point, Assad has managed to maintain
control of the unrest by using live ammunition to mow
down demonstrators in the streets.
Its probably the only revolution in the Middle East that
could actually advance American interests. And so Ameri-
ca, in keeping with its recent string of strategic losses, has
offered its unwavering support for Assad. When asked
why America was backing the rebels in Libya, but not in
Syria, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday
that Syria was different and that Bashar Al-Assad was a
reformer.
Outside of the Middle East, meanwhile, in January,
Australia sustained its worst fooding in historya bibli-
cal disaster, according to the leading daily in Brisbane. In
February, a devastating earthquake in New Zealand pretty
much wiped out the central district of Christchurch. A
quake of this ferocity is statistically estimated to strike just
once every thousand years.
In March, another earthquake off the coast of Japan
touched off one of the deadliest tsunamis in history, caus-
ing tens of thousands of deaths and leaving the Fukushima
power plant teetering on the brink of full-scale nuclear
meltdown.
These recent disasters follow hard on the heels of a
record-breaking year of natural disasters in 2010. Last
year, there were more disaster-related deaths than any
other year on record. The Associated Press labeled it the
year the Earth struck back.
And yeteven in the face of the real and frightful pros-
pect of world war and these earthshaking jolts in different
places, followed by famine and pestilenceour peoples
have drifted into a deep slumber!
This week, during a YouTube interview, a journalist
asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the fol-
lowing question: If you could ask one question of a world
leader, what would it be and to whom? Netanyahu said he
would ask Winston Churchill if anything different could
have been done in order to awaken the world to the dangers
of Nazism.
He speculated on how Churchill might have responded
to that question: Nahnothing could have been done
differently, because ultimately theres such a thing as the
slumber of democraciesthey have to be banged on the
head. Netanyahu then said, I feel that same frustration
now, because Ive been talking for 15 years about the danger
of Iranian nuclear terrorism, how they could control the
worlds oil supply, and how they threaten our country with
obliteration and could do the same with others. You try,
and you try, and you try, and I dont want to say that theres
been no progressbut not the kind of mobilization that is
required against something so great.
Without an understanding of Bible prophecy, it would
be easy to get frustrated by the slumbering spirit that has
drugged America and Britain. Look at how oblivious our
people are to the terrifying dangers just ahead of us. Here
we are at a time when Bible prophecies are being fulflled
see WAKE UP page 10
STEPHEN FLURRY
COLUMNIST
its High time to wake Up!
Middle east
P
alestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ramped up
efforts to reconcile with Hamas. Abbas met with Hamas rivals in
the West Bank on Saturday, for the frst time in a year, after an-
nouncing the previous week that he is willing to go to the Gaza Strip to
meet with Hamas leaders and discuss Palestinian unity. One of his aides,
Azzam Ahmed, said Abbas would even be willing to pass up hundreds of
millions of dollars in U.S. aid if it meant making a Palestinian unity deal.
The momentum for Palestinian unity is part of a greater strategy in the
PAs bid for international recognition, which may come before the United
Nations General Assembly in September. The Fatah-led government
realizes that its case for statehood is weak unless it reconciles with its
Palestinian enemy. Palestinian unity, however, would soon put Hamas in
the Palestinian drivers seat in the West Banksomething the Trumpet
has expected for years.
A feature-length documentary flm produced by a top adviser to Ira-
nian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims that the current unrest
in the Middle East is a signal that the Mahdior Islamic messiahis
about to appear. The flm was screened a few weeks ago by Ahmadine-
jads offce and is soon to be distributed to Islamic audiences across the
Middle East. One of the signs of the Mahdis return, according to the
narrator in the flm, will be Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah leader Hassan
Nasrallah leading Islamic armies to conquer Jerusalem. The leaders of
Iran believe that the current violence and turmoil in the Middle East
are signs of the imminent triumph of their version of Islam. This belief
will no doubt make Iran much bolder in its attempts to violently wrench
Jerusalem away from Israeli control.
In Syria, President Bashar Al-Assad on Thurs-
day fnally outlined some steps toward reform
in his country, including lifting emergency law
and granting rights to Kurds. The proposals
which are likely little more than token gestures
in any caseare unlikely to satisfy protesters
demanding an end to the regime. In a speech to
parliament the previous day, Assad remained
defant, saying the public unrest was largely
the result of the plots that [have been] hatched
against our country. Sporadic anti-government
demonstrations have occurred throughout Syria
since late January. Two weeks ago, the unrest reached critical mass when
government security forces used live ammunition to disperse a crowd of
demonstrators in Daraa, an impoverished city in southern Syria. This in-
spired more angry Syrians to hit the streets in protest in cities across the
country, including the capital, Damascus. Assad responded by dispatch-
ing security and military forces throughout Syria, shutting down elec-
tronic communications and getting tougher with protesters. Amid the
crackdowns, thousands have been arrested, hundreds injured and more
than 100 killed. To this point, Assad has managed to maintain control of
the unrest. He knows that he is of vital strategic importance to Iran and
Hezbollah and is confdent both will continue to stand by his side. Bible
prophecy, however, reveals that a split between Iran and Syria will occur.
In Libya, Muammar Qadhafs troops have regained some of the
ground taken by rebel forces since air strikes began. It is evident that
the rebels are having trouble advancingeven with air supportin the
face of any signifcant resistance on the ground. Still, they were given
reason to cheer when Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa defected
to Britain on Wednesday, and Libyan Ambassador to the United Na-
tions Ali Abdel-Salam al-Treki defected the following day. There have
been no further high-level defections from the military, however, since
February, indicating that with the loyalty of the army Qadhaf may have
the support to hold on to power for some time.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD
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why iran is
sweating bullets
when it comes to Irans
regional aspirations, 2011
has gone splendidly for
the mullahs in Tehran. In
nearly each instance, the
anti-government uprisings
that have swept the Middle
East and North Africa have
served Irans ultimate goal
of regional domination. There is one exception:
Syria.
Irans blood pressure rose this week when
tension between Syrias anti-government
protesters and the regime of President Bashar
Al-Assad peaked. In Middle East geopolitics,
Syria is to Iran what Robin is to Batman: Irans
faithful, hardworking, generally submissive
accomplice. The Assad regime is Irans most
important ally in the Middle East.
The two work in cahoots on all levels. Syria
is the primary transit hub for weapons fow-
ing from Iran to southern Lebanon, Gaza and
Israel. Beyond being a pack mule for Iranian
artillery, Assad has forged himself as an exten-
sion, of Irans rogue nuclear weapons program.
Strategically, Syria is the most important stag-
ing ground for Islamic terrorism in the Middle
East outside of Iran. It has been the predomi-
nant launching pad for al Qaeda operatives en
route to Iraq, and Damascus is the primary
refuge and meeting point for the likes of Hez-
bollah, Hamas and sundry Palestinian terrorist
organizations.
It is no surprise, then, that Iran has rushed
to Assads aid. Earlier this month, Syrian op-
position reported that Iran had dispatched
hundreds of elite commandos from the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (irgc) to Syria. In
addition to Iranian forces, Hezbollah opera-
tives have also been sent to assist in curtail-
ing the unrest. Citing opposition sources,
the World Tribune reported recently that both
the irgc and Hezbollah are providing anti-riot,
armored and air support for Assads military
and security agencies.
For Iran, the Assad regime is an asset that
must be ardently defended!
So far, the United States has been deter-
mined not to get entangled with the Syrian
uprisings. Judging by precedent, America will
likely come down on the wrong side of history.
In the Middle East, it seems Americas chief
foreign-policy goal is to do whatever is neces-
sary not to upset Iran. In Egypt, Yemen and
Libya, this meant supporting the ouster of the
incumbent governments.
In the case of Syria, pleasing Iran would
mean refraining from doing anything that
might destabilize the Assad regime.

BRAD MACDONALD | COLUMNIST
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ISRAEL TODAY | March 30
egypt keen to cozy Up to
iran, Hezbollah
F
ollowing a purportedly pro-democracy revolution that many
hoped would bring Egypt even closer to the liberal West, the coun-
try this week continued its slide in the other direction, into the
arms of Islamist regimes.
Egypts new foreign minister, Nabil al-Arabi, told reporters in Cairo
on Tuesday that he intends to reestablish ties with the regime of Irani-
an strongman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Islamic overseers. We
will turn over a new leaf with all states, including Iran, said al-Arabi.
The minister said he was not yet sure if Egypt would be opening an
embassy in Tehran anytime soon, but was keen to begin promoting
friendly relations with the Islamic Republic.
Asked about Lebanons Hezbollah terrorist militia, which more or
less runs that country, al-Arabi indicated he had no problem with the
group, and would not oppose offcial ties between Hezbollah and Egypt.
Hezbollah is part of Lebanons composition, and we see this as an inter-
nal matter, he said. If any party wishes to have ties with Egypt there
will be nothing preventing us from talking.
Both Iran and Hezbollah, which are allies, were frm opponents of
former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom the Islamists saw as
too friendly with America, Israel and the West in general.
europe
G
erman chancellor Angela Merkels party, the Christian Demo-
cratic Union (cdu), lost control of a pivotal state on Monday in an
embarrassing electoral reversal that signals broad disapproval of
her leadership. For almost 60 years, the conservatives have maintained
control of Baden-Wrttemberg, but concern over Japans nuclear cri-
sis prompted voters there to provide enough support to the Green Party
to give it control of a state government for the frst time. Earlier this
month, Merkel abruptly decided to abandon her previous pro-nuclear
policy and close down seven of Germanys 17 nuclear reactor plants, but
it was not enough to shift her back into the favor of the Baden-Wrttem-
berg populace. Its a deep wound in the history of Baden-Wrttemberg
and also in the history of the cdu, Merkel told reporters on Monday.
The pain from this loss wont go away in just one day. Well have to work
for a long time to overcome the pain from this defeat. There can be
no doubt that the elections in Baden-Wrttemberg, like those in Ham-
burg last month, refect signifcant changes in the mood of the electorate
in Germany. As Merkels Christian Democrats nurse the wounds they
sustained in Baden-Wrttemberg, we should watch for Germanys dis-
satisfaction with its current leadership to intensify.
Silvio Berlusconi claimed that he is the most accused man in history
and the universe as he appeared in court on March 27 for the frst time in
eight years. He has previously said: I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am
a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifce myself for everyone,
and claimed to be the best political leader in Europe and in the world,
as well as absolutely the most persecuted by the judiciary in all of the
history of the entire world. The billionaire media mogul and politician
is accused of underage prostitution, among other things. The trials could
cause Berlusconi to step down, but he has survived many scandals before.
A cyberattack on the European Parliaments networks was uncov-
ered on March 24, and continued for several days. This is not a couple
another israel-
Hamas war is
inevitable
im going to make a prediction here that,
unfortunately, Im sure is going to come true.
Any good analyst should be able to see this,
yet few will, until it happens within the next
two years: The Egyptian revolution will make
another Israel-Hamas war inevitable, with a
lot more of an international mess. And Ill go
a step further: An incompetent and mistaken
U.S. policy makes such a confict even more
certain. Why?
First, Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip,
is a revolutionary Islamist movement which
genuinely views itself as directed by God,
considers Jews to be subhuman, believes that
a willingness to court suicide and welcome
death will ensure victory and is certain that it
is going to destroy Israel and then transform
Palestinian society into an Islamic Garden of
Eden.
Given this, there are only two ways to
stop Hamas from waging war on Israel. The
shorter-term solution is deterrence through
strength. The defeat Hamas suffered in the
2008-2009 war forced it to retrench and
become cautious for a while. The only longer-
term solution is the overthrow of the Hamas
regime in the Gaza Strip, with the maximum
possible destruction of the organization.
Events in Egypt, and U.S. policy, have
destroyed the shorter-term option, and made
the longer-term one impossible. With better
weapons, Hamas will go to war. Its only a
matter of time.
Second, the Egyptian revolution removed
a regime that defned the national interest as
having an anti-Hamas policy. The Mubarak
government did not maintain sanctions and
an (albeit imperfect) blockade of weapons for
Israels beneft. It did so because it saw revo-
lutionary Islamism as the main threat to the
nation. This was not, as current U.S. offcials
would have it, some cynically manipulated
mirage to justify dictatorship.
In addition to the direct threat of Hamas
subversion in cooperation with other Islamist
groups, the Mubarak government saw Hamas
as part of a broader, Iran-led strategic threat.
A new government, whether radical national-
ist, Islamist or liberal democratic, will have
the opposite view.
Its only a matter of time until Hamas once
again launches a larger-scale assault on Israel.
At that point, Israel will have to respond with
a major counterattack on the Gaza Strip.
This crisis is inevitable, though it might take
a couple of years. Yet nobody outside Israel
seesor wants to seewhats coming.

JERUSALEM POST, BARRY RUBIN | MARCH 27
of teenage boys hacking into the [EU] institutions, an anonymous EU
offcial said. This is the latest in a series of attacks on the EU. The Euro-
pean Commission and the European External Action Service (the EUs
foreign ministry) came under attack just two days earlier. In February,
the French government came under cyberattack as someone searched
for information about the G-20 summit held in Paris that month. Un-
named internet sources have speculated that China was behind that at-
tack as some of the fles were directed to Chinese sites. Expect Europe
to respond by beefng up both its offensive and defensive cybersecurity.
EU offcials put off a decision to conclude plans for a future perma-
nent rescue mechanism for the eurozone at a meeting that concluded
on March 25. Eurozone leaders agreed to expand the lending capacity
of the European Financial Stability Facility (efsf), but the fnal decision
wont come till June. In Finland, True Finns, a Euroskeptic party, is on
target to come second in elections scheduled for April 17. Rather than
risk fueling the anti-Europe fre, the eurozone is waiting until the Fin-
ish election is over before moving forward.
After following the Federal Reserves lead in matters of fscal policy
for over a decade, the European Central Bank is poised to launch a
series of interest rate hikes before the U.S. central bank for the frst
time in its history. This decoupling of Fed and ecb policies shows that
the eurozone now has the economic strength and political will to go it
alone if it feels the situation warrants it. I think we are in a new world
where global interest rate cycles are not initiated by the Fed, said Jens
Sndergaard, senior European economist at Nomura. There has been
a lot of import price infation pushing up euro area infation and a
lot of this is related to above-trend growth in Asia. Watch for Europe
and Asia to grow in economic strength as America declines. Soon the
worlds reserve currency may be the euro.
Members of the European Parliament offered to support amend-
ments in the Parliament in return for cash, according to an ongoing
scandal. An investigation by the Sunday Times found four meps intro-
duced legislative changes in return for promises of money. On March 30,
the Parliaments president gave permission for the EUs anti-fraud offce,
olaf, to conduct an investigation, but it still is not allowed to search meps
offces. It was also instructed not to conduct a criminal investigation.
Two of the implicated meps have resigned. The scandal illustrates cor-
ruption that is rife within the EU, an undemocratic institution.
EU OBSERVER | March 29
euro Pact will Lead to
Full Political Union
V
aclav Klaus, the Czech Republics famously euroskeptic president,
has launched an attack against a fresh EU target: the Euro-
plus-pact. The Brussels summit on 25 March was not about
anything else but the further integration of Europe towards fscal
union, he wrote in an opinion piece in Czech daily newspaper Pravo on
Monday, referring to the meeting of EU premiers and presidents where
23 out of the blocs 27 member states signed up to a pact that aims to
boost European competitiveness. It was a radical reduction of the
sovereignty of other EU countries.
The pact, along with other far-reaching measures endorsed by the
summit last Friday, intends to deliver ever closer economic gover-
nance where the economic policies of each member state are coordi-
nated centrally and supervised by Brussels.
The hair-shirt approach to fscal policies contained in the pact are the
quid pro quo demanded by Germany in particular in return for boosting
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germany has dared to go
it alone for the frst time
since 1949, exclaimed the
Bundeswehrs ex-Inspector
General Klaus Naumann.
This once most senior mili-
tary offcer of Germanys
military forces was com-
menting on the decision by
the German government to pull out of the
nato campaign in Libya.
The real key to understanding how
signifcant the Libyan affair is to the
prophesied rise of German leadership
of Europe and its future impact on the
Middle East is to comprehend just how
historic is Germanys lone stand against
the Western alliance.
For the frst time in postwar history,
Germany has publicly taken a position
contrary to virtually all of its major allies.
The fallout of Berlins abstention from
coalition operations in Libya could be far
reaching (Deutsche Welle, March 25).
Well, for a start, delete could be and
substitute without doubt will be!
For the frst time since its defeat in
World War ii, Germany has demonstrated
the confdence to step out and thumb its
nose at its EU and nato partners and even
at the once mighty usa!
Germany has signaled that it is ready
to chart its own sovereign course in for-
eign relations.
As German-Foreign-Policy.com com-
ments, the German abstention in the UN
Security Council vote on Libya shows
two things: On the one hand, it shows
that Berlin is no longer prepared to make
foreign-policy concessions to European
rivals, such as France. On the other
hand, it has become clear that Berlin is
not only prepared to go it alone at the
European levelas in the case of the
invasion of Iraq in 2003but also to go it
alone at the national level. This fact takes
on more signifcance when it is taken into
account that, in Berlin, it is being repeat-
edly discussed whether Germany would
not advance faster, further and bet-
ter, alone than in the European Union
(March 22).
Germanys singular stance on the
Libyan affair is but the start of a newly
confdent Germany beginning to show its
teeth in both European and international
affairs. The outcome is destined to be
ultimately fraught with future trauma on
a hugely international scale.
germany goes
it alone

RON FRASER | COLUMNIST
the size of eurozone rescue funds. The Czech president accused EU
leaders of using the economic crisis as an excuse to push for deeper inte-
gration. A few years ago when these people managed to pass the Lisbon
Treatya European constitutionthey knew that at the time this prob-
ably moved forward too fast and that there should now be a pause, he
said. They even told me personally when trying to convince me to sign
up to the Lisbon Treaty that there would now be a pause [from further
integration moves] for an interval of at least 10 years.
By using the economic and fnancial crisis of 2008-2009 and the
subsequent crisis of the euro in 2010still continuingit gave them a
wonderful excuse to get back to pushing forward with the further deep-
ening of European integration.
Sooner or later, this will be followed by other developments, he
wrote, saying that a European fscal union, or efu as he terms it, will
be followed by an epu. Where an efu has been agreed in Brussels
an epu is the fnal stagethe European Political Union.
asia
A
round 1,000 bodies of victims from Japans March 11 earthquake
and tsunami have not been recovered within a 20-kilometer ra-
dius surrounding the compromised Fuksuhima-1 reactor because
of radiation concerns, Japanese police said on Thursday. Authorities
said the corpses had been exposed to high levels of radiation after
death, and have not yet announced how they will be collected. The
matter is complicated because authorities do not want police, medi-
cal personnel or families of the victims to risk exposure to radiation
from the bodies. The death toll from the tandem of catastrophes has
reached 11,232, according to data provided by the Kyodo news agency
on Wednesday. Over 16,000 others are considered to be missing, and
Japan is still shaking from regular aftershocks. Relief work continues
and the threat of major nuclear leaks remains.
The U.S. levied sanctions on Belorussian oil company Belarusneft
on Wednesday, saying the frm drew up a $500 million contract with
Iran back in 2007. Washington has outlawed such contacts with Iran
because of Tehrans suspicious nuclear program, and this marks the
second time Washington has imposed sanctions on a foreign com-
pany for conducting business with Iran. Belarusneft will retain some
limited access to the U.S. market, but will not be allowed to take part
in the U.S. governments tenders or be permitted to apply for American
bank credits of more than $10 million. Washingtons sanctions against
Belarusneft and several other Belorussian companies stem from U.S.
disapproval of Minsks policies, but U.S. Congressman Howard Berman
pointed out that, in the latest move, Washington imposed sanctions on
a company that doesnt do any business in the U.S., so the sanction has
no more than symbolic impact. He cautioned that the U.S. is sending
Iran a signal more of weakness than of strength, and were having no
impact on their economy.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-
hwan visited China from Monday to Wednesday
to meet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao about
ramping up economic and trade cooperation.
During the meetings, Beijing reiterated its de-
sire to restart the six-party talks, which involve
the two Koreas, China, Russia, Japan and the
U.S. The discussions have been stalled since
late 2008 because of North Koreas missile and
nuclear tests. We can expect visits and meetings
between Asian powers to become more frequent
and more signifcant in the months ahead. KIM SUNG-HWAN
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germanys
Dangerous new
Foreign-Policy
Doctrine
with its abstention in the UN Security Coun-
cil vote on Libya, Germany has abandoned its
strict alignment with the West, a basic tenet
of German foreign policy for decades. Foreign
Minister Guido Westerwelles new doctrine is a
dangerous one.
[W]hat will become of Germany when Im
gone? Konrad Adenauer, West Germanys frst
chancellor, said 50 years ago. His overriding
goal was to keep Germany frmly anchored in
the West. He believed that integrating Ger-
many in Europe and keeping it closely allied
with the United States was necessary to protect
the Germans from themselves. Adenauer was
afraid that his compatriots might once again be
tempted to veer out and forge their own path.
Until a few weeks ago, this fear seemed absurd.
But the situation has changed.
By abstaining in the United Nations Security
Council vote on the resolution to impose a no-fy
zone over Libya, the government has given up
what had been a cross-party consensus on Ger-
man security policy. Until now, Germany was
committed to siding with America and France.
The offcial explanation is an excuse:
Germany doesnt want to take part in a war
against Libya . If Germany had voted in favor
of a no-fy zone, joining the military mission
would have been unavoidable . But such an
automatic link between voting yes and taking
part doesnt exist. Germany could have voiced
its quite justifed misgivings and still sided
with the other Western nations. That would not
have forced it to commit German forces to the
military operation.
In fact, much more is at stake than the ques-
tion of a German military contribution. Chan-
cellor Angela Merkel and Westerwelle have
called central principles of German foreign
policy into question. This will have conse-
quences. Germanys westward integration
wasnt just the obsession of Adenauer, a Rhine-
lander. It was a response to the fundamental
problem of Europes balance of power.
What was to become of this restless nation
in the center of Europe that had spent its his-
tory shifting between east and west, that for so
long entertained a special awareness of its his-
torical role and that started two world wars?
That makes it so alarming when Westerwelle
proclaims Germanys UN abstention as the
birth of a new foreign-policy doctrine. In the
future, Germany wants to cherry-pick its own
partners in the world. The principle of If in
doubt, stick with the West no longer applies.

DER SPIEGEL | March 29
TELEGRAPH | March 29
Japan Losing race to
save reactor
T
he core at reactor two of the Fukushima plant may have melted
onto a concrete foor, according to experts, running the risk of
radioactive gases being released into the surrounding area.
Richard Lahey, who was a head of reactor safety research at General
Electric when the company installed the units at Fukushima, said the
workers, who have been pumping water into the three reactors in an
attempt to keep the fuel rods from melting, appeared to have lost the
race to save the reactor.
The indications we have suggest that the core has melted through
the bottom of the pressure vessel in unit two, and at least some of it is
down on the foor of the drywell, he told a newspaper. I hope I am
wrong, but that is certainly what the evidence is pointing towards.
Naoto Kan, Japans prime minister, yesterday declared a state of
maximum alert as the country battled to overcome the combined
9.0-magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.
From now on, we will continue to handle it in a state of maximum
alert, he said. Mr. Kans comments came after the Tokyo Electric Power
Company (Tepco) confrmed that plutonium had been detected, for
the frst time, in two out of fve soil samples. Tepco said the levels of plu-
tonium were not harmful to human health, but experts said the discov-
ery suggested the reactors containment mechanism had been breached.
Plutonium is a substance thats emitted when the temperature is high,
and its also heavy and so does not leak out easily, said Hidehiko Nishi-
yama, deputy director of Japans Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.
So if plutonium has emerged from the reactor, that tells us something
about the damage to the fuel. And if it has breached the original contain-
ment system, it underlines the gravity and seriousness of this accident.
Japans government is facing pressure to widen the current evacua-
tion zone, which currently extends to 12 miles. There are fears that tens
of thousands of residents ordered to leave the area may never be able to
return, due to the contamination.
africa/latin aMerica
A
former South African rugby player was accused this week of
murdering at least three people with an axe after his daughter
was gang-raped. Over a period of at least four evenings last week,
the former Blue Bulls player is said to have stalked one of the impover-
ished townships near his home and launched axe-attacks, apparently at
random, at men returning home from work. He allegedly told a group of
witnesses that he would kill 100 men if he could. Since the end of the
apartheid regime in 1994, the South African murder rate has skyrock-
eted from 5,100 to an astounding 43,000 people per year. One quarter
of South African women can expect to be raped at least once in their
lifetime. Sadly, South Africa has reverted to a nation without law.
Pope Benedict xvi called this week for greater Roman Catholic efforts
to protect traditional family values in Latin America. In a message to
bishops meeting from March 28 to April 1 in Bogot, Colombia, the pope
said no effort should be spared in defending marriage as an institution
founded on the indissoluble union of a man and a woman, in which
human life is welcomed and protected from its very beginning. To this
end, he said, it was necessary to strengthen the churchs evangelization
efforts. The Vatican already has deep roots entrenched throughout Latin
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY April 2, 2011 6
mexicos Drug
wars rage on
around 230,000 people have been
displaced in Mexico as a result of drug
wars, with half of these believed to
have taken refuge in the United States,
according to a study by the Internal
Displacement Monitoring Center (idmc)
published Saturday. The report provides
another sobering indication of the scope
and severity of Mexicos intensifying
drug wars.
The report notes that an estimated
half of those displaced crossed the bor-
der into the United States, which would
leave about 115,000 people internally
displaced, and it says that a primary
reason so many have been affected is
because of the indiscriminate nature of
Mexicos drug violence.
Mexicos drug business is gigantic,
generating $30 to $50 billion each year,
which is up to 5 percent of the nations
$1 trillion gross domestic product. The
bloody competition between cartels for
these massive profts has resulted in
more than 35,000 deaths since Decem-
ber 2006, when Mexican President Fe-
lipe Calderon began an offensive against
drug gangs. The situation in Mexico was
treacherous back in 2006, and has only
deteriorated since Calderons campaign
began, with 50,000 soldiers as well as
policemen involved.
Mexican offcials glibly claim that the
vast majority of the 35,000 dead were
drug smugglers, but veteran American
reporter Charles Bowden has called this
claim preposterous. Most of them are
nobodies. Theyre men, women, kids,
poor people in barrios, Bowden said.
Bowden says that the Mexican and
American governments and media
claim to be engaged in a war on drugs,
but actually the war is for drugs. The
police and the military fght for their
share of the profts, he said. And it
is this rampant, indiscriminate and
unstoppable type of carnage that is
driving many Mexicans from their
homes.
Americans dont want to admit that
the real problem of the drug war is right
under their noses, embodied by the
U.S.s demand for drugs. Drug cartels
and the pandemic devastation they
breed are only symptoms of Americas
disease: moral decline. Americas lust
for drugs creates the demand that keeps
these cartels afoat.
THETRUMPET.COM,
JEREMIAH JACQUES | March 31
America and it is looking to extend them. The day is soon coming when
Romes control over both European and Latin American affairs will
extend far beyond pastoral programs on family rights.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez arrived in Buenos Aires, Argenti-
na, last Tuesday to receive a prize for promoting popular communication.
Argentine opposition fgures are already branding the choice of Chvez
for this reward as the worst attack on press freedom since the end of
Argentinas military dictatorship. This prize was awarded to Chvez de-
spite his longstanding record of rescinding the licenses of media sources
hostile to his regime. Yet, Chvez is a key regional ally of Argentinian
President Cristina Fernndez. Argentina is adopting more and more of
Venezuelas anti-democratic, anti-American outlook on the world.
anglo-aMerica
U
nited states President Barack Obama gave a speech to the nation
this Monday to defne Americas objectives in the war against
Muammar Qadhafs Libyan regime. This speech, however, was
not nearly as revealing as statements made in London the next evening
by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At a meeting with diplomats from
30 countries, Clinton raised the possibility of arming Libyas anti-Qad-
haf rebels. After raising this possibility, she admitted that she really
had no idea as to what organizations where behind the rebels. Actually,
there are strong indications that al Qaeda is backing many of the rebels
the Obama administration is also supporting. On a per capita basis, no
country has sent more Islamic extremists into Iraq to kill Americans
than Libyaand almost all of these extremists came from eastern
Libya, the center of the anti-Qadhaf rebellion. The result of this war
will undoubtedly be the same as the result of Americas attack against
Saddam Hussein: The ruling regime will be weakened to the point
where Islamic radicals and Iranian subversives are free to start working
freely.
Over 250,000 protesters marched in London on March 26 in Brit-
ains biggest protest since the Iraq war, with violent elements causing
thousands of pounds worth of damage. Both the peaceful and violent
protesters shared the same target: the rich. The have nots being jeal-
ous of the haves is not new, but the rage against the rich is surging
in Britain. Violent protesters targeted the Ritza symbol of opulent
livingand the shops around it, smashing windows and throwing paint.
The protest, titled March for the Alternative was aimed at promot-
ing an alternative in which rich individuals and big companies have to
pay all their tax, that the banks pay a Robin Hood tax. The focus was
on making the rich pay. The protesters were encouraged and supported
by the Labor Party, with its new party leader, Ed Miliband, addressing
the march. As London Mayor Boris Johnson eloquently points out, the
Labor Party chose to join in the rich-bashing, despite the fact it has said
it would have enacted many of the same cuts that the current govern-
ment has. The British tax and welfare system have created a situation
where a lot of people get a lot of money from the government. Now, as
the coalition moves slightly in the direction of austerity, they have come
out on the streets, angry, demanding the rich pay for the benefts or
jobs they feel entitled to. But, in reality, Britain isnt cutting its debts.
The debts are getting bigger, albeit at a slightly slower rate. That means
these problems are not over. The cuts will continue, and so will the
protests and division.
The last publicly traded British port operator, Forth Ports, was sold
for 754 million to Arcus Infrastructure Partners, a fund manager
focusing on European infrastructure, on March 22. Forth Ports owns
Tilbory Ports, which it describes as Londons major port, as well as
several Scottish ports. Alex Brummer describes the signifcance of the
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY April 2, 2011 7
i dont want to start a market panic
here. But its safe to say that much of
Washington fnds the low, low yields
on treasurieswhich represent the
markets serene confdence that the
U.S. can handle its debtsa little
baffing. Senior government offcials
have told me they think treasuries are
probably a bit overpriced, which is a
bit like the executives of GE privately
wondering why investors are so sure
they wont go bankrupt. The investors
might be right, but its not comforting
to hear.
Well fgure it out somehow. We
always do. But our low borrowing costs
are an advantage we want to preserve
for as long as possible. That means
keeping the market from realizing that
partisan polarization mixed with our
weird legislative system makes insane
outcomes possible.
This is why a shutdown would be so
dangerous. A last-minute deal tells the
market that America is a country that
dithers and anguishes but eventually
makes the necessary decisions to avert
terrible outcomes. A shutdown says
that our political system is so dysfunc-
tional that it cannot be trusted.
Asger Lau Andersen, David Dreyer
Lassen and Lasse Holbll Westh
Nielsen have looked into how the
market treats late budget decisions in
states . The answer is:
Markets punish late budgets
much more harshly if they occur dur-
ing times of fscal stress.
I think itd be fair to characterize this
as a time of fscal stress, dont you?
The irony of this is that if the market
comes to believe our debt is too large
for our political system to pay back,
theyll become more skittish about buy-
ing government debt, and thatll send
interest rates higher and the economy
lower. But if we have a series of shut-
downs while we argue over how much
to cut and how fast, our paralysis will
convince the market we cant get our
act together in time to pay off our debts
and theyll send interest rates skyrock-
eting anyway. Well have caused exactly
what we sought to prevent.
with a shutdown,
the government
could Lose the
markets trust
WASHINGTON POST,
EZRA KLEIN | March 30
sale in the Daily Mail. As a great maritime and trading nation, Brit-
ain ought to treasure the ports that have been built up over centuries
around our shores, he writes. Yet despite their vital importance to our
economic and military security, barely a murmur of protest has been
heard as the great publicly quoted companies that own them have been
sold to foreign-based frms one by one. At a time when other mari-
time nations such as China and the United Arab Emirates are jealously
guarding their own trading hubs and snapping up ports across the
worldfrom Sri Lanka to AfricaBritain has effectively sold off the
nations family silver (March 23). Britain had already sold Heathrow
Airport and four of its six biggest energy companies, and lost control of
the next generation of its nuclear power stations. Britains willingness
to give up its strategic assets makes it vulnerable. For more information,
see our April 2010 Trumpet article Surrendering the Lock and Key of
the Kingdom.
The amount of money Britain contributed to the EU nearly doubled
in 2010, according to an article published in the Daily Telegraph on
March 31. In 2009, Britain paid 5.3 billion, which jumped to 9.2
billion the following year, said the article, citing data from the Offce
of National Statistics. The article claimed that former Prime Minister
Tony Blairs decision to reduce the rebate Britain received from Europe,
and the fact that the pound is now weaker than the euro, have caused
this increase. Each taxpayer is now paying 300 annually to Europe.
This is yet another cause for the EU to be unpopular in Britain.
TELEGRAPH | March 30
a third of britons to
retire in Poverty
M
ore than a third of people planning to retire in Britain this
year will do so with incomes below the poverty line, according
to new research. It showed 35 percent of people will retire this
year with an annual income of less than 14,000, the amount required
to stave off poverty.
It is an increase from 32 percent on the previous year, with women
the worst hit, the study by insurer Prudential found. A total of 40 per-
cent of women are expected to retire this year on less than that amount
compared to 30 percent of men.
Vince Smith-Hughes, head of business development at Prudential,
said: Increasing numbers of those planning to retire will face tough
fnancial decisions. Start saving as much as you can as early as you can
should help to secure the retirement income you want and need.
DAILY MAIL | March 29
euro court rulings are
the Law
R
ulings by the European human rights court are the law of the
land in Britain, Englands most senior judge declared yesterday.
Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said that the Human Rights Act
meant British judges must follow the decisions set down in Strasbourg,
no more and no less.
His intervention came at a time of high tension between Westmin-
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY April 2, 2011 8
rampant spending
Has Put U.s. in Dire
Financial shape
europes basKet case economies are in
agony as they attempt to get their fnan-
cial houses in order. In Greece, Ireland
and Portugal, government spending is
getting whacked, wages and pension costs
are coming down and retirement ages
are going up. There is a lesson here for
countries with rising debt loads. If you
allow your fnances to spin out of control
year after year, last-minute efforts to
reverse the damage stand a good chance
of failing. United States take note.
The common view in North America is
that the 27-country European Union is a
hopeless mess that will collapse under the
weight of bailout loans to an ever length-
ening list of burnt-out deadbeats. In
truth, some of the EU countries are thriv-
ing (German exports are on fre; Sweden
is expected to post a budget surplus),
some are holding their own (France, Aus-
tria) and a few small peripheral econo-
mies are falling apart (you know who). But
overall, the picture is not tragic. Every EU
country is coaxing its budget defcit down,
if not its overall public debt.
The eurozone has at least admitted that
spending a lot more than you earn is un-
sustainable. Not so the United States. For
graphic and painful evidence, look at the
mother of all PowerPoint presentations
the nearly 500-page USA Inc. report
prepared last month by Mary Meeker, the
former Morgan Stanley analyst who was
dubbed Queen of the Net in the mid-
1990s, when she predicted that the World
Wide Web would take over the planet.
Her picture is compelling, and not
pretty. U.S. spending is going from the
excessive to the obscene. She calculates
that USA Inc.s cash fow (the differ-
ence between governments cash intake
and outfow) was negative $1.3-trillion
(U.S.) last year, equivalent to $11,000 per
household. Cash fow has been nega-
tive for nine consecutive years, totaling
$4.8-trillion.
Incredibly, the United States has done
little to close the yawning gap between
expenditures and revenue. The Obama
administration recently approved a two-
year extension to the Bush-era tax cuts.
This is not just unsustainable; it is mad-
ness. While the United States watches the
eurozones debt woes with a mixture of
amusement and alarm, it might consider
that it too is heading off a cliff.

GLOBE AND MAIL | March 30
ster and the court in Strasbourg over the right of prisoners to vote. Last
month MPs voted overwhelmingly to reject the demand by European
human rights judges that prisoners should have the vote, insisting that
it is a matter for Parliament.
[H]e said judges have no choice but to follow the instructions of Eu-
ropean courts because Labors 1998 Human Rights Act made European
human rights rules part of British law.
The words human rights are sometimes described in language
which might suggest they stand not for the noblest ideals, but, using
polite language, as woolly nonsense, he said. But he added that the
European human rights convention and decisions by the EUs Luxem-
bourg-based Court of Justice must be applied whether we judges in the
United Kingdom agree with them or not.
The Strasbourg judges have given Britain until August to obey their
ruling that prisoners should have the vote.
DAILY MAIL | March 28
working mothers spend
only 90 minutes with
their children
W
orKing mothers in the U.S. spend just an hour and a half with
their children each dayincluding weekends. It means they
could be spending even less time with their children during the
week, snatching only a few minutes after a long day at work .
According to the report, American working mothers spend one hour
and 34 minutes on primary childcare each day, including feeding
their children, helping them with homework and changing diapers.
Thats an hour less than stay-at-home mothers, who ft in more than
2 hours with their youngsters every day. The fgures come from a
new study by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Devel-
opment, which compiled data from 21 leading industrialized nations
between 1998 and 2009.
They still do far better than working fathers, who averaged just 40
minutes caring for their youngsters. And even stay-at-home fathers only
managed 51 minutesless than working mothers.
USA TODAY | March 31
wal-mart ceo bill simon
expects infation
U
.s. consumers face serious infation in the months ahead for
clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Marts U.S.
operations warned Wednesday. The worlds largest retailer is
working with suppliers to minimize the effect of cost increases and
believes its low-cost business model will position it better than its
competitors.
Still, infation is going to be serious, Wal-Mart U.S. ceo Bill Simon
said during a meeting with USA Todays editorial board. Were seeing
cost increases starting to come through at a pretty rapid rate. Along
with steep increases in raw material costs, John Long, a retail strategist
at Kurt Salmon, says labor costs in China and fuel costs for transpor-
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY April 2, 2011 9
if you want to understand better why so
many statesfrom New York to Wiscon-
sin to Californiaare teetering on the
brink of bankruptcy, consider this de-
pressing statistic: Today in America there
are nearly twice as many people working
for the government (22.5 million) than in
all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is
an almost exact reversal of the situation
in 1960, when there were 15 million work-
ers in manufacturing and 8.7 million col-
lecting a paycheck from the government.
It gets worse. More Americans work
for the government than work in con-
struction, farming, fshing, forestry,
manufacturing, mining and utilities
combined. We have moved decisively
from a nation of makers to a nation of
takers. Nearly half of the $2.2 trillion cost
of state and local governments is the $1
trillion-a-year tab for pay and benefts of
state and local employees. Is it any won-
der that so many states and cities cannot
pay their bills?
Every state in America today except
for twoIndiana and Wisconsinhas
more government workers on the payroll
than people manufacturing industrial
goods. Consider California, which has the
highest budget defcit in the history of
the states. The not-so Golden State now
has an incredible 2.4 million government
employeestwice as many as people
at work in manufacturing. New Jersey
has just under two-and-a-half as many
government employees as manufacturers.
Floridas ratio is more than 3 to 1. So is
New Yorks.
Even Michigan, at one time the auto
capital of the world, and Pennsylvania,
once the steel capital, have more govern-
ment bureaucrats than people making
things. The leaders in government hiring
are Wyoming and New Mexico, which have
hired more than six government workers
for every manufacturing worker.
Dont expect a reversal of this trend
anytime soon. Surveys of college gradu-
ates are fnding that more and more
of our top minds want to work for the
government.
President Obama says we have to re-
tool our economy to win the future. The
only way to do that is to grow the econo-
my that makes things, not the sector that
takes things.
weve become a
nation of takers,
not makers
WALL STREET JOURNAL,
STEPHEN MOORE | April 1
tation are weighing heavily on retailers. He predicts prices will start
increasing at all retailers in June.
Every single retailer has and is paying more for the items they sell,
and retailers will be passing some of these costs along, Long says.
Except for fuel costs, U.S. consumers havent seen much in the way of
infation for almost a decade, so a broad-based increase in prices will be
unprecedented in recent memory.
The scenario hits Wal-Mart as it is trying to return to the low across-
the-board prices it became famous for.
almost by the week, and our peoples are soundly asleep!
Weve been trumpeting these prophecies for over two decades, fol-
lowing in the footsteps of Herbert W. Armstrong, who prophesied
before us for more than 50 years. And now that many of these very
prophecies are being fulflled, one would think our mail bins would be
buried under piles of requests; that our phone lines would light up like
Las Vegas; that our Web traffc would crash the servers.
Instead, its more like a steady trickle of interestone from a city,
two from a family, as the Prophet Jeremiah said. Gods work is still get-
ting done. His warning message of love is still going out to this world.
But the support for that worldwide work is coming from such a tiny
group of dedicated families.
Most do not make time for Christ or His good news message of the
soon-coming Kingdom of God. They are too busy attending to the cares
of this world. As the Apostle Paul said about the perilous times of these
last days, men would love themselves and pleasure-seeking more than
god (2 Timothy 3:1-4). This doesnt apply to every single individual, of
coursebut it certainly describes our society in general.
Amid all the Bible prophecies being fulflled before our eyes, the fact
that most people have blindfolded themselves to what is really happen-
ing in this world is, in itself, a prophetic sign that we are nearing the
return of Jesus christ!
Notice what Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 5:2: For yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. This
means that Jesus Christ will intervene in the affairs of men at a time
when most people least expect it!
Phillips translates part of verse 3 as saying, Catastrophe will sweep
down upon them as suddenly and inescapably as birth pangs to a preg-
nant woman. All this happens when most people are lulled to sleep by
illusions of peace and security. For they that sleep sleep in the night;
and they that be drunken are drunken in the night (verse 7).
But to the rare individual who sees the great evil of this sin-
drenched world, drunk on the pagan customs and traditions of men,
and who is willing to forsake the ways of man and to turn to God in
repentance, faith and obedience to His laws, summarized by the Ten
Commandments, God offers a superabundant supply of love and mercy,
life-changing revelation and truth and the only sure hope there is for
any individualas well as for this dying world!
Knowing the times we are living in, as Paul beseeched the brethren
in Rome, now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salva-
tion nearer than when we believed (Romans 13:11).
Now is the time to pour our hearts and energies into the study
of Gods Word, to fervently seek God and His direction in our daily
prayers and to faithfully abide by His commandments in our day-to-day
living.
Look at this world! Look at the obsessive interest and boundless
energy it has in pursuing the ways of sin.
Cant we put some time-consuming, energetic devotion into our love
and service to God and His great work?
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WAKE UP from page 1
spiKing the punch bowl at
an Alcoholics Anonymous
party is about as mean a
trick a person could play.
It is, however, guaranteed
to energize things up a lot.
This is exactly what Ben
Bernanke did to the econo-
my. He poured cheap debt
into a debt addicted economy to stimulate
it. But now that the money is almost gone,
this is one party that is about to turn ugly.
In June, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke is scheduled to end the Feds
second round of quantitative easing. This
is the program by which the Federal Re-
serve is creating $600 billion out of thin
air to lend to the government. More than
one third of every dollar the government is
borrowing is money printed up out of fat
by the Fed.
And debt-addicted America needs to
borrow a lot of moneyat least $1.6 tril-
lion this year, according to the most recent
estimates.
Free money, like debt, is intoxicating.
It can produce temporary feel-goods, but
they never last. Then when all the alcohol
is gone, all of a sudden reality arrives
and with it one massive headache. Will
the stock market crash? Will the banking
system freeze up? Will the world end?
The unknowns are legion. That is
what happens when authorities engage in
unprecedented meddling. No one knows
exactly what will end up getting broken.
Pimco, the largest bond investor in the
world, thinks it will be the government
bond market. For virtually all of the funds
history, its largest investments have been
U.S. treasuries. But earlier this month, the
fund announced it had done something
unprecedentedit sold all its government-
related debt from its fagship fund.
Thats right: every single bond, bill and
note. It now owns nada, zip, zero. It has
gone cold turkey. That is how much faith
the biggest lender in the world holds in the
United States of America.
In June, when the Fed stops buying,
it will be D-day for treasuries, says Bill
Gross, the co-founder and chief invest-
ment offcer of Pimco. Expect a crash.
Sudden withdrawal could send the
economy spiraling. The dollar will plum-
met. Retirement savings will be lost.
Gasoline, natural gas and food prices will
skyrocket. The worst hangover ever will
have arrived.
taking away the
Punch bowl

ROBERT MORLEY | COLUMNIST