Italians, like many others

across the continent, see

little choice now but to
do things Germanys way.
Half of all babies born
in the U.S. today receive
food assistance, and half
of all children live in a
home that will use food
assistance at some point.
Irans Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei and President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
are convinced that the
End of Days has come.
Germany has proted to
the tune of 9 billion from
the eurozone crisis over
the past two years.
the
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T
HE WORLD is fxated on Europe.
On Greeces new government, on
the details surrounding Silvio
Berlusconis resignation, on the yields
on Italian government bonds, on the
Continents contracting economies, on
the rise and fall of the euro.
But theres an odd dimension to all
the attention Europe is getting.
While many are looking, very, very
few actually understand what they are
witnessing.
Take the recent melee in the Greek government. The crisis
began October 31, when Greek Prime Minister George Papan-
dreou jeopardized the recently created Greek bailout package
and infuriated eurozone leaders by announcing he would
allow the Greek populace to vote on the austerity conditions
ensconced within the bailout package. Although Papandreou
reneged two days later, he couldnt stop the tumultuous chain
of events that resulted in his resignation Sunday.
With Greeces government in turmoil and the future of
Europe at stake, eurozone offcials swooped in. First, rather
than leave the decision of who should lead Greece to Greek
voters in a national election, European elitesusing bailout
money as leveragecommanded Athens to form a national
unity government.
Once it had formed a national unity government, Athens
was told it would have to provide written guarantees to
Brussels that it would approve the austerity package that
was part of the deal to receive bailout money. Olli Rehn,
the European commissioner for economic and fnancial af-
fairs, told Athens it would not receive an $11 billion bailout
installment until the assurances were made.
Grasp what is happening here. Greece is a sovereign
nation of 11 million people, andor so weve been led to
believea valued member of the European community. But
over the last week, European elites have blackmailed Athens
into foregoing a democratic election, establishing a unity
government and then agreeing to pass into Greek law a series
of harsh, transformative rules that were created in Brussels.
And this wasnt even the most dramatic development in
Greece this week.
That came yesterday, when news leaked that Greeces
leaders had followed orders and selectedas opposed to the
Greek populace electingparliamentary speaker Filippos
Petsalnikos to be the new prime minister. Mr. Petsalnikoss
pedigree is intriguing.
Petsalnikos spent most of the 60s and 70s residing in
Germany, where he was a leading member of the Panhel-
lenic Liberation Movement, a Greek political party created
to oppose Greeces 1967-1974 military dictatorship. In 1974,
Petsalnikos helped found PASOK, the Panhellic Socialist
Movement (now one of the main political parties in Greece),
and was one of its most active leaders in Germany during
the 70s. Mr. Petsalnikos speaks fuent German, is married
to a German lawyer, and for years was a leading fgure in
the Greek community in Germany. In April 2009, the Ger-
man government awarded him the German Grand Cross
with Star for his work in Greek-German relations.
No sooner had this news emerged, however, than the
deal on forming a Greek national unity government col-
lapsed and the position of prime minister was up for grabs
again. The latest news indicates that former European
Central Bank Vice President Lucas Papademos is the top
candidate after feuding in the political parties blocked
Petsalnikoss candidacy. Throughout his career, Papademos
has held high-level fnancial jobs in Europe and is said to
be well respected in European political circles, particu-
larly in Germany and France. By all indications, he too is a
leader who would be loyal to Brussels.
In other words, it appears Germany is on the brink of
installing one of its own men on the Greek throne!
Not content with this victory, Berlin and Brussels are al-
ready maneuvering to do the same in Italy. When the news
broke yesterday that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will
resign, it was reported that he was simply another casualty
of Europes debt crisis. But the truth is more sinister. Mr.
Berlusconi has aroused the ire of European elites in recent
months due to his slow-footed approach to addressing
Italys fnancial issues. This week, as the crisis peaked, off-
cials in Brussels and Berlin ramped up pressure on Berlus-
coni to get economic reforms and the 2012 budget passed in
Italys parliament. In order to get the votes needed to pass
the legislation, Berlusconi had to promise to resign.
Its not clear right now who Italys next prime minister
will be. The spotlight is on Mario Monti, an experienced
economist and politician and a former European commis-
sioner. Not surprisingly, Mr. Monti is a tried and tested Eu-
rophile with a record of putting Brussels before Rome. As a
Welcome to America,
where wearing patriotic
clothing can get you sent
home from school.
see CONQUERING page 10
BRAD MACDONALD
COLUMNIST
Look! Germany Is Conquering Europe!
MIDDLE EAST
nIran on threshold of nuclear capability: Iran has worked, with
help from foreign experts, to design nuclear weapons and is likely still
conducting secret research on the project, the United Nations nuclear
watchdog said in a report released Tuesday. The report, produced by
the International Atomic Energy Agency, said many facets of Irans
secret weapons programs went on past the 2003 date the United States
had believed was when Tehran stopped all nuclear arms development.
Among the fndings that were of gravest concern to UN inspectors was
the amount of uranium being enriched to 20 percent in facilities in the
city of Qom. Uranium enriched to 3.5 percent is what is required for ci-
vilian energy purposes. Once it is enriched to 20 percent, the uranium
can be used for medical purposes. It is a long and tedious process to go
from 3.5 percent to 20 percent, but it is much easier to go from 20 per-
cent up to 90 percent, which is the grade required for nuclear weapons.
The true signifcance of a nuclear-armed Iran, wrote Courcys Intel-
ligence Brief on November 9, lies not in the threat of a direct attack,
but rather that an Iranian nuclear deterrent would prevent Israel from
using its own nuclear weapons to defeat an overwhelming conventional
attack from its Arab neighbors. Israel came close to doing exactly this
during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and (as chief of staff Benny Gantz
has admitted) Israels strategic environment could soon become worse
than in 1973, with the possibility of Jordan, Hezbollah, the Palestinian
territories, Turkey, and Iran all being added to Egypt and Syria in the
balance against Israel.
nPakistans nukes are getting more dangerous: The threat of
nuclear war is high and rising, says an independent British think tank,
the British American Security Information Council. Nuclear weapons
are present today in some of the most unstable and violence prone
regions of the world, and in Northeast Asia, the Middle East and South
Asia, there are serious confict and proliferation concerns that suggest
an increased potential for nuclear weapons use, it wrote. One of the
biggest concerns is the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world:
Pakistan. It is on course to become the worlds fourth-largest nuclear
power, above France and the UK. Since the U.S. killed Osama bin
Laden in May, Pakistan has become more concerned about keeping its
weapons secure from the U.S. The Atlantic reports that the Pakistani
government is willing to make its nuclear weapons more vulnerable to
theft by jihadists simply to hide them from the United States, the coun-
try that funds much of its military budget (December).
nAnother earthquake in Turkey: An earthquake in the city of
Van in eastern Turkey on Wednesday killed at least seven people. The
magnitude-5.7 quake follows the devastating magnitude-7.2 temblor
on October 23 that hit the same area, killing more than 600 people and
leaving thousands homeless. Jesus Christ prophesied that earthquakes
would occur in different places in the end time (Matthew 24:7)the
time we are living in now.
ASSOCIATED PRESS | November 7
Iranian Infuence
Seeping Into Iraq
I
RANS PRESENCE is already visible in Iraq, from the droves of pilgrims
at Shiite holy sites to the brands of yoghurt and jams on grocery
shelves. But now Iraqis are bracing for a potential escalation of Per-
sian infuence as the U.S. military leaves at the end of the year.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 2
Irans Top Leaders
Believe That the End
of Days Has Come
WHY WOULD Iran authorize a major terrorist op-
eration on American soil? Skeptics say the much-
discussed foiled Iranian plot makes no sense.
But Iranian leaders may, in fact, have a motive
to accelerate direct attacks on the U.S.: Shia
Islamic eschatology, or End Times theology.
Irans Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are convinced that the
End of Days has come. They believe the Shia
messiah known as the Twelfth Imam or the
Mahdi will appear soon to establish a global
Islamic kingdom known as the caliphate.
Whats more, they believe the way to hasten
the coming of the Twelfth Imam is to annihi-
late Israel (which they call the Little Satan),
and the United States (which they call the
Great Satan).
Khamenei told Iranians in July 2010 that he
personally met with the Twelfth Imam. He also
claimed to be the personal representative of
the Mahdi on Earth, and said all Muslims must
obey him. Meanwhile, Western intelligence
agencies say he continues to work with Ahma-
dinejad and the Iranian military to develop
nuclear warheads and the ballistic missiles to
deliver them.
Irans leaders actually believe that the de-
struction of the U.S. is foreordained . They see
U.S. economic weakness as a sign that the end
of America is near. To truly understand just
how dangerous Irans regime really is, Ameri-
can leaders need to better understand Shia
eschatology. Shias believe the Mahdi will re-
turn in the last days to establish righteousness,
justice and peace. When he comes, they say, the
Mahdi will bring Jesus with him. Jesus will be
a Muslim and will serve as his deputy and he
will force non-Muslims to choose between fol-
lowing the Mahdi or death.
Some believe [the Mahdi] will emerge from
the well at the Jamkaran Mosque in Iran and
then travel to Mecca and Iraq. Some say that he
will conquer Jerusalem before establishing his
caliphate in Iraq. Others believe Jerusalem must
be conquered as a prerequisite to his return.
He is expected to conquer the Arabian Pen-
insula, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and
North Africa, and eventually the entire world.
During this time, he and Jesus will kill be-
tween 60 and 80 percent of the worlds popula-
tion, specifcally those who refuse to convert to
Islam.
In light of such End Times theology, we
shouldnt be surprised that the Iranian regime
is taking a more aggressive posture towards
the U.S. and Israel.
JOEL ROSENBERG, FOX NEWS | November 7
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 3
Its a natural step, most agree, for the only two Shiite Muslim-led
governments in the Sunni-dominated Mideast to expand their relation-
ship. But its a fne line for Iraq to walk, with even many in Iraqs Shiite
majority wary of infringement of their countrys sovereignty and afraid
of being overrun by the Iranian theocracy.
From politics and weapons to pilgrims and consumer products,
Iraqis have for years stood by as Iranian infuence seeped in. Its been
galling for many still bitter over the destruction that Iran heaped on
their homes during the eight-year war in the 1980s that left a half-mil-
lion people dead.
Top Iranian offcials maintain they are only strengthening diplo-
matic and economic ties with Iraq, as they have sought to do since the
2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein. American offcials, however, have long
feared what they describe as Iranian meddling in Iraqand its poten-
tial to sow unrest across the Mideast. Those worries were a chief driver
of failed efforts to leave at least several thousand American troops in
Iraq beyond the December 31 withdrawal deadline.
At least three Shiite militias backed by Iran ramped up attacks on
U.S. troops in Iraq this year in a warning not to stay beyond the dead-
line. U.S. and Iraqi intelligence offcials said Iran supplied the militia-
men with weapons, training and millions of dollars in funding. Those
militias strength will no
doubt give them infuence in
Iraq after the withdrawal.
During a trip last week to
Baghdad, Iranian Foreign
Minister Ali Akbar Salehi
described the neighborly re-
lationship as two branches
belonging to one tree and
dismissed U.S. accusations
of interference.
EUROPE
nThe euros dramatic week: The interest rates on Italys 10-year
government bonds rose past 7 percent, July 9. When the 10-year bonds
of Greece, Portugal and Ireland exceeded this threshold they had to ask
for a bailout. But the European Union currently has no way of bailing
out Italy. Its fund is too small. If the interest rate doesnt fall soon
which it hasnt for any other eurozone nationthen the eurozone will
have to make some big changes. Already, Germany is dictating the gov-
ernments of eurozone nations. Over the last week, European elites have
blackmailed Athens into foregoing a democratic election, establishing a
unity government and then agreeing to pass into Greek law a series of
harsh, transformative rules that were created in Brussels. Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi dared to suggest that Italy might get on fne
without the EU. He has been forced to announce that he will resign.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on November 9 that the solu-
tion to the problem will mean more Europe, not less Europe. She said,
It is time for a breakthrough to a new Europe. A community that says,
regardless of what happens in the rest of the world, that it can never
again change its ground rules, that community simply cant survive.
Expect Germany to remake Europe the way it wants to.
nFrance begins austerity measures: French Prime Minis-
ter Francois Fillon announced a new austerity package on Monday that
will reduce spending by 65 billion over the next fve years as France
fghts to keep its AAA rating. We wish to protect the French against the
grave problems facing other European countries, said Fillon. Bank-
ruptcy is not an abstract word. France must make these sacrifces
Now that Iraq has been taken out of the
picture, Iran is even closer to becoming the
reigning king of the Middle East. It may seem
shocking, given the U.S. presence in the
region right now, but prophecy indicates that,
in pursuit of its goal, Iran will probably take
over Iraq.
Gerald Flurry, Trumpet, June 2003
With Friends
Like These
THE SLURS against Prime Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu voiced by French Presi-
dent Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. Presi-
dent Barack Obama after last weeks
G-20 summit were revealing as well as
repugnant. Thinking no one other than
Obama could hear him, Sarkozy at-
tacked Netanyahu, saying, I cant stand
to see him anymore, hes a liar. Obama
responded by whining, Youre fed up
with him, but me, I have to deal with
him every day.
These statements are interesting
both for what they say about the two
presidents characters and for what they
say about the way that Israel is per-
ceived by the West more generally.
To understand why this is the case
it is necessary to frst ask, when has
Netanyahu ever lied to Sarkozy and
Obama? This week the UN Internation-
al Atomic Energy Agencys report about
Irans nuclear weapons program made
clear that IsraelNetanyahu included
has been telling the truth about Iran
and its nuclear ambitions all along. In
contrast, world leaders have been lying
and burying their heads in the sand.
So if Netanyahu never lied about
Iran, what might these two major world
leaders think he lies about? Why dont
they want to speak with him anymore?
Could it be they dont like the way he is
managing their beloved peace process
with the Palestinians? The fact is that
the only times Netanyahu has spoken
less than truthfully about the Pales-
tinians were those instances when he
sought to appease the likes of Obama
and Sarkozy. Because the truth is that
Israel never had a chance of achieving
peace with the Palestinians.
So why do the likes of Sarkozy and
Obama hate Netanyahu? Why is he a
liar? Why dont they pour out their
venom on Abbas, who really does lie to
them on a regular basis? The answer
is because they prefer to blame Israel
rather than acknowledge that their
positive assessments of the Palestinians
are nothing more than fantasy.
And they are not alone. And that is
the real message of the Obama-Sarkozy
exchange last week. Through it we learn
that blaming the Jews and the Jewish
state for their enemies behavior is what
passes for polite conversation among
Western elites today.
CAROLINE GLICK,
JERUSALEM POST | November 10
to avoid the day where policies are imposed upon us by others, he
said. This comes less than three months after Frances last announced
austerity measures. Under the new measures, France will increase its
retirement age from 60 to 62, increase the sales tax on books, public
transport, restaurant meals and other items, reduce health-care spend-
ing, and temporarily increase corporation tax. Frances struggles to
maintain its AAA rating prove an important point. Some commentators
talk about Europe being led by a Franco-German axis. But that is not
true. France does not have the resources to bail out impoverished na-
tions. It could need a bailout itself soon. He who pays the piper calls the
tune. France is not the one paying, so it isnt calling the shots.
nGermany: War is legitimate foreign policy: The German
Council on Foreign Relations is opening up a debate in Germany via
its leading periodical Internationale Politik on how Germany views its
military. Its senior editor observes that postwar German society has
diffculty openly discussing powerwhich in the end includes military
force (No. 6/2011). In its current edition, the periodical quotes Germa-
nys defense minister, Thomas de Maizire, as declaring that Military
means are the ultimate and not merely the last means. Commenting
on the continuing reform measures of the Bundeswehr (initiated by his
predecessor Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg), Maizire stated that The
question of the deployment of our armed forces will most likely be posed
more often in the future, with the Bundeswehr becoming consistently
oriented toward deployability and
a large range of capabilities also
involving high-intensity combat
missions. In the same journal, Lt.
Col. Christian Freuding (Ret.), a
member of the German Defense
Ministrys planning staff, points to
the Balkan wars as having contri-
bution to regional stabilization by
yielding a strategic advantage to
Europe. This is a blatant admission
that Germany had but one motive
in destabilizing the Balkans when,
with papal support, it initiated confict in the region by the unilateral
recognition of Slovenia and Croatia as separate nation states. German-
Foreign-Policy.com comments that the debate on Germanys need for a
new approach to militarism is really geared to achieving the will of Ber-
lin elites as summed up by the current edition of Internationale Politik:
The culture of military restraint must give way to a culture of responsi-
bility. Being mindful of Germanys history, German-Foreign-Policy.com
observes that culture of responsibility means nothing more than the
readiness to willingly support a growing number of the Bundeswehrs
combat missions (November 2).
nGermany sees the need to downsize Europe: Germany is
ready to push nations out of the eurozone, say analysts, after Germany
and France threatened to kick Greece out last week. Only a short while
ago, any idea of a Greek exit from economic and monetary union (EMU)
was rejected by Eurocrats as entertained only in the ravings of mad-
men, wrote David Marsh for the Wall Street Journals Market Watch.
Yet it suddenly became bitter reality after Athens Premier George Pa-
pandreous since-rescinded referendum call. Now some experts think
Germany will push Europe down this path. Jim ONeill, chairman of
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, told the Sunday Telegraph: The
Germans want more fscal unity and much tougher central observa-
tionwith the idea of a fnance ministry. The future of other nations
in the eurozone is actually questionable, he said. The Greeks have a
choice: reforms within the eurozone or no reforms and leave, German
Economics Minister Philipp Rsler said. There is no third way. The
Greek government must at least understand that at some point our
patience will end, he said.
GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER
THOMAS DE MAIZIRE
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 4
GETTY IMAGES
IT WAS but a glance, a little smirk that the Ger-
man and French leaders shared in public when
asked about Italys prime minister, Silvio Ber-
lusconi, and his countrys economic woes. But
that moment at a recent crisis meeting made
it very clear where Italyand everyone else
stands in the eurozone pecking order.
Many Europeans realize that their futures
are being increasingly dictated by Germa-
ny and Francein that order of importance
... The two leaders are pressing fnancial
remedies in lock-step with market forces and
faceless offcials from institutions such as
the International Monetary Fund and the Eu-
ropean Central Bank.
There is grumbling across the continent
and an anti-German tone to street protests
in Greece, refections of a fear that millions are
giving up some control over their lives. Even
while they acknowledge that economic reforms
are necessary, people in Europes fnancially
strapped countries worry that the price is a
loss of sovereignty. We were supposed to be
partners on the same level, but were not, said
Armando Romangolo, a 50-year-old barista
speaking above the din of a cappuccino ma-
chine at a cafe in central Rome.
On Wednesday, a team of about 20 Eu-
ropean Union inspectors arrived in Italy to
ask, among other things, that the Treasury
Ministry produce a list of state-owned assets
that could be sold. Next week the IMF will visit
before it begins to monitor Italys fnances
and adherence to reforms demanded by the
EU in return for help in fnancing the nations
$2.6-trillion debt.
This crisis is profoundly transforming
European integration, said Nicolas Veron,
a senior fellow at Bruegel, a think tank in
Brussels. As a result, the eurozone will either
break up or establish a new central body with
executive powers, he said.
Germany is now pushing for greater
European integration. Even the Netherlands,
which has typifed Northern Europe in its dis-
approval of its more free-spending southern
neighbors, has proposed the idea of a euro-
zone fnance minister. Many analysts agree
that one solution would be for the European
Central Bank to act as the lender of last resort.
In Italys case, that would mean acting as a
guarantor of its bonds. But Germany, fearful
from its past experience with hyperinfation,
has nixed the idea.
And Italians, like many others across the
continent, see little choice now but to do
things Germanys way.
Europe Crisis
Makes Pecking
Order Clear
LA TIMES | November 10
LOCAL | November 9
Nuke Report Angers
Germany and Its Allies
G
ERMANY AND its allies have angrily lashed out against Iran after
the UN nuclear watchdog published its harshest report yet on
Tehrans nuclear program, saying it had sought to build atomic
warheads. If Iran continues to refuse to conduct serious negotiations
on its nuclear program, new, more severe sanctions would be inevi-
table, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said, calling the
report alarming. He added that discussions with European partners
and allies were underway, although he ruled out any military response.
France demanded unprecedented UN Security Council sanctions if
Irans defance continued, the EU said its concerns were seriously ag-
gravated and even ally China said Iran must be sincere after Tuesdays
searing IAEA report. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it
had serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Irans
nuclear program, prompting Tehran to insist it would not budge an
iota from its nuclear path.
The European Union said the report seriously aggravates exist-
ing concerns over a military dimension in Tehrans nuclear program.
Overall these fndings strongly indicate the existence of a full-fedged
nuclear weapons development program in Iran, said Maja Kocijancic,
spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
DEBKAFILE | November 8
German Air Force in
Training for Iran Strike
G
ERMANY HAS put its Air Force F-16 and Tornado warplanes in in-
tensive training for a possible attack on targets in Iran, after tak-
ing part last week in a joint drill with the Israeli Air Force and
other NATO members at the Italian Decimomannu air base on Sardinia.
Iran, for its part, is gearing up for a gloves-off reprisal against its
attackers.
EU OBSERVER | November 9
Germany Made 9 Billion
Proft Out of Crisis
G
ERMANY HAS profted to the tune of 9 billion from the eurozone
crisis over the past two years, an ING economist has calculated for
EUobserver, as investors fock to safe but near-zero interest rate
bonds while southern euro-countries struggle with unsustainable rates.
For a long while, the German economy has been one of the few
benefciaries of the sovereign debt crisis. In fact, the German govern-
ment can get market funding almost for free, Carsten Brzeski, a senior
economist with the ING bank in Belgium, told this website. The trend
has steadily driven German bond yields close to zero since the Euro-
pean sovereign debt crisis began some two years ago.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 5
Amid the economic bedlam besieging Europe,
an undisputed reality is emerging: Germany
is exploiting this crisis to forge Europe into a
vehicle of Teutonic ambition.
theTrumpet.com, March 2010
EUROPEAN UNION monitors arrive in
Rome as early as Wednesday to keep
tabs on Italys leaders. Greece is poised
for a cross-party government just days
after the European Commission presi-
dent called for one. A select group of Eu-
ropean leaders dubbed the Frankfurt
group now meets to set the course of
the eurozone.
[T]he dramatic events of the past two
weeks have given voters and national
governments a preview of what more
centralized control over their economic
policymaking will look like. The sudden
aggressiveness of Brussels institutions,
particularly the frequently maligned
European Commission, has raised
hackles and not only in Italy and Greece,
where critics complain their national
sovereignty is being encroached. It also
has drawn complaints from smaller
eurozone countries such as Finland and
the Netherlands that believe a small
clique of leaders should not be setting
policy for 17 members of the single cur-
rency.
But a series of reforms little noticed
outside Brussels has already given
the EU more power to intrude in the
national decision making of eurozone
governments. In the midst of a spiral-
ing crisis, European offcials are also
suddenly eager to use them. Yes, wake
up and smell the coffee. This is what
you all signed up for, said one Commis-
sion offcial. People want to make sure
governments arent cooking the books
anymore.
It is, in fact, a fragile balance be-
tween effectiveness and legitimacy, a
eurozone diplomat said.
The problem is that this newfound
euro governance by France and Ger-
many may be necessary by want of any
other governance structures, but demo-
cratic it is not.
Brussels
Newfound
Aggression
Raises Hackles
FINANCIAL TIMES | November 7
DER SPIEGEL | November 8
Merkel Seeks to Ease
German Arms Exports
C
HANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel is seeking to make it easier for the Ger-
man arms industry to export weapons. In a position paper sent to
Brussels recently, Berlin asked that economic interests be ad-
equately considered when it comes to export controls on arms shipments.
That German exports have remained strong despite the brewing
crisis in Europe is hardly a secret. Indeed, a new report emerged on
Tuesday indicating that exports actually climbed in October by 0.9 per-
cent relative to September. In comparison to September 2010, exports
even skyrocketed by a hefty 10.5 percent.
[O]ne of the Merkel administrations primary focal points when
it comes to arms are exports to Saudi Arabia, despite the countrys
autocratic regime. In the future, Berlin hopes, it will become easier to
deliver dual-use goods, armaments and weapons to the Gulf country.
Already, Germany has delivered a factory to Saudi Arabia for the manu-
facture of assault rifes and has exported a border control system. More
controversially, Merkels government in July reportedly approved the
export of 270 Leopard II battle tanks to Saudi Arabia.
ASIA
nRussia opposes military action or sanctions against Iran:
On Thursday, after the publication of a UN report confrmed longstand-
ing suspicions by Western countries that Iran is developing nuclear
weapons, Moscow spoke out against military strikes on Iran, saying
such action would be a serious mistake with unpredictable consequenc-
es. The previous day, veto-wielding Russia said it would not support
another set of sanctions against Iran and expressed anger over the UNs
publication of the report. Since the report provides strong evidence that
Russia aided Iran in its nuclear program, Moscows defense of Tehran
comes as no surprise. As Russia works to regain its former Soviet-era
infuence, it will become increasingly confrontational toward the West.
nChinese manufacturers dupe U.S. military into using coun-
terfeit parts: At a hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Carl Levin said China
was the primary source of counterfeit parts which some of the largest
defense contractors on the globe have been tricked into installing into
U.S. military systems. The committee identifed Boeing, L-3, Raytheon,
and their suppliers as frms that had unknowingly used faulty com-
ponents on equipment such as aircraft video displays, and helicopter
night vision systems. The failure of a single electronic part can leave
a soldier, sailor, airman or marine vulnerable at the worst possible
time. A food of counterfeit electronic parts has made it a lot harder to
have confdence that wont happen, Levin said at the hearing. We are
going to act. We cannot rely on the Chinese . The Chinese say that
they have an effort going on to act against counterfeits and its baloney.
When this news is added to reports of Chinas cyberespionage, satellite
developments, and warnings about the dollar, it is clear that China will
undermine the U.S. from any direction it can.
nAsian security bloc calls for closer cooperation: Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin hosted his counterparts from China and four
other Asian nations on Monday for a meeting of the Shanghai Coopera-
tion Organization (SCO), which is widely seen as a tool Beijing and Moscow
use to challenge U.S. infuence in the strategic Central Asia region. The
10-year-old SCO connects China and Russia with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 6
PREPARATIONS WERE under way last night for
the break-up of the euro as Europes debt
crisis spiraled out of control. As Treasury of-
fcials worked through the night to soften the
impact on Britain, David Cameron warned
that the single European currency was facing
its moment of truth.
Business Secretary Vince Cable went
further and spoke about Armageddon while
Brussels offcials warned that the chaos
threatened to plunge us all into a new reces-
sion.
Ministers are understood to be deeply
concerned that French President Nicolas
Sarkozy and Germanys Chancellor Angela
Merkel are secretly plotting to build a new,
slimmed down eurozone without Greece,
Italy and other debt-ridden southern Euro-
pean nations. Well-placed Brussels sources
say Germany and France have already held
private discussions on preparing for the
disintegration of the eurozone.
At the same time, City insiders yesterday
speculated that the death warrant for the
euro had already been written, with a new
economic bloc dominated by Germany and
France almost certain to emerge in its place.
Economist Nouriel Roubini said on Twit-
ter: It will be soon an end-game for the
eurozone: restructurings and exits till break-
up. Slow motion train wreck. The secret
plans being drawn up are for the creation
of a smaller eurozone consisting of fewer
members who would push towards econom-
ic and fscal union.
Britain would be excluded from the new
economic grouping, to the delight of many
Eurocrats.
French and German offcials have already
set up a secretive cabal known as the Frank-
furt Group to pursue their federalist agenda
and bully Britain. The Brussels source
insisted the plan was not about creating a
two-tier Europe but a radical re-drawing of
the entire euro project. Mr. Cameron, in his
starkest assessment of the crisis yet, con-
frmed that the government was engrossed
in contingency planning for the unraveling of
the single currency.
Confrming that the governments contin-
gency planning for a euro break-up was well
under way, he said: We have a plan. Theres
a lot of scenario planning, thinking about all
possible outcomes. We have to deal with the
world as it is.
Conceding that preparations for an eco-
nomic doomsday scenario were under way, he
said: Certainly it affects our trade and poten-
tially, in this Armageddon narrative, it affects
the banking system, but were not there yet.
Death of the Euro
MACER HALL, DAILY EXPRESS | November 11
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in a security bloc that Moscow and Beijing
hope will develop into an entity unifed enough to rival NATO. At the
summit Putin lashed out at arrogant world powers, accusing Western
nations of hypocrisy for their support of revolutions in North African na-
tions. Putin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for major infrastruc-
ture investments to stimulate economic growth throughout the region.
Members also discussed expanding the SCO to include Pakistan and Iran,
and Russia offcially supported Pakistans bid to become a full member
of the alliance. Wen said a top SCO priority should be developing Central
Asias transport and energy infrastructure, adding that nations should
conduct bilateral transactions in their own currencies rather than the dol-
lar. The time ahead will prove signifcant for the Asian bloc as it expands
to include new member nations and becomes more unifed. China and
Russia are the regional behemoths driving the unifcation of the East; the
SCO may well be a vehicle they use to attain that goal.
nChina to make Nigeria major manufacturing zone: In an
agreement forged Tuesday, Beijing pledged to transform Nigeria into a
major manufacturing zone for some of Chinas key industrial enterprises.
Nigerias trade and investment minister stated during a meeting with
his Chinese counterpart that making Nigeria a major manufacturing
zone for most of Chinas products would help to correct the current trade
imbalance between the two countries. Expect both China and Europe to
push for inroads into Africa as their need for raw materials increases.
ANGLO-AMERICA
nOne in four babies at risk from their parents: One quar-
ter of newborn babies in the UK are at risk of death or abuse due to
parents with a history of domestic violence, mental health problems or
substance addictions, according to a report published by the National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on November 10. One
hundred and forty-four thousand live with parents with mental health
issues. Ninety-three thousand live with a problem drinker, and for
50,000, one of their parents took an illegal drug in the past year.
nYoung men suffer most as economy staggers: Few groups are
being hit harder by the current recession in America than young men.
The unemployment rate for males between 25 and 34 years old with
high-school diplomas is 14.4 percentover double the 6.1 percent fgure
that existed before the downturn started four years ago. The picture is
even bleaker for men in their early 20s, with the unemployment rate
being 22.4 percent for high-school graduates 20 to 24 years old. Such
devastating statistics are eroding the economic independence of many
young men and forcing them to move back in with their parents. Ac-
cording to the Census Bureau, the share of men ages 25 to 34 living
with their parents jumped to 18.6 percent from 14.2 percent four years
agothe highest level since at least 1960. By breaking the laws God
outlines in the Bible, the people of America have wrecked their econo-
my and emasculated a generation of would-be-leaders.
nOccupy Oakland protest turns violent: What began as peaceful
demonstrations in Oakland last Wednesday ended with police in riot
gear arresting dozens of protesters that had marched through down-
town and broken into a vacant building, shattering windows, spraying
graffti and setting fres along the way. The same day, another group of
about 3,000 protesters converged on the Port of Oakland, the nations
ffth-busiest harbor, and forced port offcials to cease maritime opera-
tions, citing concerns for workers safety. Smaller-scale demonstrations
popped up in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and elsewhere in a
show of support for the Oakland movement, which became a rallying
point when an Iraq War veteran was seriously injured in a clash with
police. The incident provides a glimpse of the kind of chaos that could
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 7
EuropeWheres
It All Leading?
WHATEVER HAPPENS in Europe
from now on, one thing is
for certain. The whole fabric
of the world fnancial and
economic system, including
its system of international
trade, is about to change
substantially. The real win-
ners will be Europe and the
East Asian economies plus Russia. The
biggest losers will be the Anglo-Saxon na-
tionsthe U.S., Britain and its dominions.
That much we know without doubt from
inerrant Bible prophecy. Its the details of
how it is coming about that keep us riveted
to news and intelligence emanating from
the major players.
Greece and Italy were the main feature
stories of the week. Theres little doubt
that conditions are ripe for a right-wing
nationalist swing in Italy.
The situation in Greece is but the end
outcome of Germanys drive to colonize
the whole Balkan Peninsula.
In absolute accordance with Bible
prophecy for our time, the prophesied
rising king of the north has, within barely
20 years following the fall of the Berlin
Wall, economically colonized the entire
region from Slovenia in the north to the
Mediterranean Island of Crete.
Take a quick look at a map of Europe.
The Balkan Peninsula lies south and east of
Berlin. Thats the exact direction in which
the end-time king of the north was proph-
esied to move in its conquering of territory
that eventually would end with it marching
into Jerusalem! That prophecy was penned
by the Prophet Daniel under divine inspi-
ration well over 2,500 years ago! And its
happening right before your eyes today!
Read it in your own Bible: And out of
one of them came forth a little horn, which
waxed exceeding great, toward the south,
and toward the east, and toward the pleas-
ant land (Daniel 8:9).
Only Cyprus now remains to complete
the economic colonization of the Mediter-
ranean by the king of the north. It seems
highly doubtful that Turkey will ever give
up northern Cyprus as their western most
toe hold on Europes periphery. But with
southern Cyprus, an EU member, now
holding out the begging bowl for fnan-
cial bailout, its economic enslavement by
Europes paymaster, Germany, is but a
matter of time.
After Cyprus, next stop Jerusalem!

RON FRASER | Columnist
quickly unfold as mass dissatisfaction and anger increase.
nBiggest municipal bankruptcy yet: Alabamas Jefferson County
fled for bankruptcy court protection on Wednesday in the biggest
municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Offcials for the county, which
is home to economic powerhouse Birmingham, said the county was
swamped with $3.14 billion in debt it simply cannot service. The bank-
ruptcy will add to concerns by investors that the $3.7 trillion municipal
debt market is more risky than appreciated. Last month, Harrisburg,
the capital of Pennsylvania, fled for bankruptcy protection. As more
cities and counties collapse under the weight of debt, pension obliga-
tions and a stagnant economy, pressure on the municipal debt market
will risepossibly forcing other municipalities into the red and creating
conditions for a systematic domino-type collapse.
KATE HICKS, TOWNHALL | November 11
Judge OKs American Flag
Ban on Cinco de Mayo
W
ELCOME TO America, where wearing patriotic clothing can get
you sent home from school.
Seriously. Remember the case of the California boys who
wore American fag apparel on Cinco de Mayo? They were sent home
from school for disrespecting Hispanic children on their day.
Sounds like a violation of their First Amendment rights, doesnt it?
Apparently not, according to a federal judge. [Fox News reported that]
U.S. District Court Judge James Ware was ruling in a case involving stu-
dents at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif., who were banned
from wearing American fag t-shirts on the Mexican holiday in 2010. The
judge determined that the Morgan Hill Unifed School District did not
violate the First Amendment and said that concerns by school offcials
over possible violence justifed censoring the pro-American message.
The school offcials reasonable forecast that Plaintiffs clothing
could cause a substantial disruption with school activities, and there-
fore did not violate the standard set forthby requiring that Plaintiffs
change, the judge wrote. Its a sad day in this country when politically
correct censorship trumps patriotism.
RACHEL ALEXANDER, TOWNHALL | November 10
Fifty Percent
Welfare Nation
I
T HAS become all too easy today to receive government assistance.
Half of all babies born in the U.S. today receive food assistance, and
half of all children live in a home that will use food assistance at
some point during their childhood. Forty percent of the population in
Washington, D.C. is on welfare. Between 2000 and 2010 the number
of Americans receiving food assistance more than doubled, expanding
to over 47 million, which is more than one-seventh of the population.
Forty years ago, only 4.3 million Americans received food assistance.
According to a Heritage Foundation study, means-tested welfare has
grown faster than every other part of government during the past two
decades, including Social Security, Medicare, education and defense.
What is wrong with this picture? Half of everyone in the U.S. is
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 8
EUROPES ESCALATING debt crisis has cast a
black shadow over the worlds fragile recov-
ery, threatening to tip large parts of the global
economy into a deep downturn and even out-
right recession.
The OECDs index of leading indicators for
China, India, Brazil, Canada, Britain and the
eurozone have all tipped below the warning
line of 100, with the pace of the decline in Eu-
rope exceeding the onset of the Great Contrac-
tion in early 2008.
Prof. Simon Johnson, a former chief econo-
mist at the IMF, rattled nerves earlier this week
by warning the world is looking straight into
the face of a great depression.
The grim data is coming thick and fast.
Japans machinery orders fell 8.2 percent in
September . Export orders have been declin-
ing for eight months. Outright contraction
is possible in the quarters ahead, said Mark
Cliffe from ING. Exports in the Philippines
dropped 27 percent in September, the sharpest
fall in two years. Koreas exports have showed
sharply, caused by a 20 percent slide in ship-
ments to Europe.
Christine Lagarde, the IMFs chief, warned
in Asia that there are dark clouds gathering in
the global economy. Countries need to prepare
for any storm that might reach their shores.
She said adverse feedback loops are at work
as fnancial stress and economic woes feed on
each other.
Chinas carefully managed soft landing has
turned uncomfortably hard, with ripple effects
through the commodity markets. Spot iron-ore
prices have dropped 30 percent since July .
Copper prices have fallen 20 percent since Au-
gust. Barclays Capital said the risk of contagion
to China has become serious.
Humayun Shahryar from the hedge fund
Auvest said the eurozone faces a major eco-
nomic collapse, perhaps with double-digit falls
in GDP. European banks are massively over-lev-
eraged and almost every one is worthless if you
mark to market. This is going to be worse than
2008 because they have run out of bullets. The
sovereign states are not strong enough to stand
behind the banks, he said.
Fiscal and monetary stimulus has disguised
the underlying sickness in the debt-laden econ-
omies of the West over the past two years. This
heavy make-up has at last faded away, exposing
the awful visage beneath.
It is a delicate moment. The risk of a synchro-
nized slump in Europe, the U.S. and East Asia
is bad enough. What is chilling is to face such
a possibility with the monetary pedal already
pushed to the foor in the U.S., UK and Japan.
New Recession
Threatens the Globe
AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD,
TELEGRAPH | November 10
not poor. We are the wealthiest nation in the world. Almost half of
all households do not even pay any federal income tax. The problem is
that welfare is not just provided to the handicapped and unemployed; it
is distributed to the lower middle working class and their children. In
Arizona, a single parent with four children making up to around $3000
in income per month is eligible to receive $800 a month in food assis-
tance and $400 or more in cash assistance per month.
Half of food stamp aid goes to individuals who have received aid for
8.5 years or more. The 2009 stimulus act removed the requirement that
able-bodied recipients without children work at least half-time in order
to receive food assistance, and increased the maximum food assistance
level by 13 percent. Some states are waiving limits on the amount of
savings someone on food assistance may have. Food assistance no lon-
ger comes in the form of embarrassing food stamps, but through a debit
card that looks just like any other debit or credit card.
Welfare assistance comes in many forms, including cash, food stamps,
public housing, energy assistance, Medicaid, free school lunches and WIC,
which is a food assistance program for women and their children. $700
billion is spent annually on welfare. This does not even include the cost
of education or the use of emergency rooms by the uninsured.
It is true that many Americans have lost their jobs due to the reces-
sion. But the increase in welfare has gone up much faster than the
unemployment rate. Americans must rid themselves of the entitlement
mentality when it comes to jobs. No one is entitled to their frst choice
of employment. There are jobs available; Americans must quit thinking
they are too good for them. It is better overall to be gainfully employed
as a security guard or working at McDonalds, than living off the
government dole. Americans must also drop the entitlement mentality
when it comes to food and materialism, and instead learn to live within
their means. Cell phones, big-screen TVs, eating out frequently, and new
cars are luxuries, not necessities.
Welfare is devastating for children. Long-term welfare dependency re-
duces a childs intellect by one-third when compared with other similar
children. In order to reduce the growing, unaffordable dependency that
has crept up over the past few years, encouraged by our government, it
must be impressed upon Americans how we are ruining our children.
COUNTERPUNCH | November 8
Sliding Toward
Foreclosure
O
F THE 55-million families with mortgages, 10.4-million of them are
sliding toward failure and foreclosurea tragedy that will de-
press the U.S. housing market for years to come . Thats the blunt
conclusion of distinguished economics journalist William Greider .
Americas Economic recovery will have to wait until that surplus
(excess houses) is gone, because the housing sector has always led the
way out of recession, Greider says. The more housing supply exceeds
demand, the more prices fall. The more prices fall, the more families
get sucked into the deep muddy. The vicious cycle is known as the
death spiral. So far, theres no end in sight.
Greider says the solution is to forgive the debtors: Write down the
principal they owe on their mortgage so they will no longer be under-
water. Refnance the loan with a reduced interest rate, so the monthly
payment is at a level that the struggling homeowner can handle.
Forgiving the debtors is the right thing to do, Greider continues, be-
cause the bankers have already been forgiven when the government
bailed them out.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 9
THE JUSTICE Departments
mission is to enforce the
law and defend the interests
of all Americans. Eric
Holders Justice Depart-
ment is making a mockery
out of its supposed mission.
Last year the Justice Department asked the
Ninth Circuit Court to allow other countries to
dispute the constitutionality of Arizonas new
immigration lawwithin American courts.
Thats right: He asked the court to allow other
countries to attack one of Americas 50 states.
And, astoundingly, the Ninth Circuit
agreed. It accepted briefs attacking Arizonas
law from 11 countries including such stalwart
friends as Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicara-
gua and Bolivia.
Then, in order to prove how America is
trying to improve its human rights record,
the State Department submitted the Arizona
immigration law to a United Nations human
rights report.
This is almost too inane for words. What an
insult. Submitting Americas human rights re-
cord to review by countries like Saudi Arabia,
Angola and Egyptnations that allow hus-
bands to beat their wives and that kill people
for criticizing Mohammad.
And why is America looking to nations like
Ecuador and Bolivia for advice on the consti-
tutionality of American law? Why would the
Justice Department help foreigners push their
laws on Americans?
It is obvious that these American lead-
ersand even Americas courtsdont value
Americas Constitution.
President Obama himself famously stated
that the Constitution refects some deep faws
in American culture and that it refected the
fundamental faw of this country that contin-
ues to this day.
If you really understand what the Justice
Department and the Federal administration
are doing, you know it goes beyond simply not
valuing the constitution. They actually want to
destroy it.
The Bible talks about a time when justice
would leave the land. In Isaiah 59, God warns
that because people have forgotten Him and His
commands, judgment is turned away back-
ward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is
fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Our mission is to enforce the law and defend
the interests of all Americans. The Justice
Department needs a new mission statement
because it is trampling all over this one. Perhaps
one about defending the interests of foreign na-
tions over the people of the United States.
Subordinating
America

ROBERT MORLEY | Columnist
European commissioner, Monti authored a report on the establishment
of a European single market that included measures by which Brussels
could extend its reach into the fnancial matters of EU member states.
Watch Italy closely, and be assured: Whoever Italys next prime min-
ister is, he will undoubtedly be a pawn in the hands of German elites!
Its hard to overstate the signifcance of these events. We are witness-
ing THE ECONOMIC COLONIZATION OF EUROPE BY STEALTH BY THE GERMANS,
wrote Simon Heffer this week (emphasis added throughout). In the past, it
would have taken an invading military force to topple the leadership of a
European nation. Today, it can be done through sheer economic pressure,
he wrote. Thats an alarming statement when you really think on it.
Yesterday, Reuters, citing EU offcials, reported that German and
French offcials have already discussed plans for a radical overhaul of
the European Union that would involve establishing a more integrated
and potentially smaller eurozone. Apparently this cabal of elites in
Paris, Berlin and Brussels have discussed the possibility of some EU na-
tions leaving the euro while the others forge ahead into deeper econom-
ic and political integration.
Germany is reshaping Europe into a distinctly Teutonic edifce. It
is time for a breakthrough to a new Europe, stated German Chancel-
lor Angela Merkel yesterday. Just to make sure there was no ambiguity
about what this new Europe would look like, Merkel stated that this
will MEAN MORE EUROPE, NOT LESS EUROPE.
In an editorial this week, the Daily Mail warned that increasingly, it
appears we are witnessing the death of democracy and the right of sov-
ereign nations inside the eurozone to govern their own affairs. Finally,
after years and decades, the ruthless ambitions of the elites guiding
the EU are being exposed. Were seeing that the EU has no interest in
protecting the sovereign European states, in defending the rights of the
European people. Rather, as the Trumpet has repeatedly warned, the
EU is an undemocratic, German-led powerhouse engaged in a strategy
to conquer, then subjugate, the sovereign states of Europe.
In fact, its all that and much, MUCH MORE!
In an article last Friday, Archbishop Cranmer, the man behind one
of the top political blogs in Britain, got close to the truth of the matter.
The German-led European Union is ESSENTIALLY THE RE-CREATION OF THE
OLD EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE, he wrote. The EU today, he explained, has
picked up the mantle of Charlemagne, just like Otto the Great did in
the 10th century, then the Habsburg kings in the Middle Ages and then
Napoleon in the early 19th century.
If you know your European history, you know thats a chilling com-
parison!
The spirit of Charlemagne still broods, he wrote. There is more to
come, he warned, as the same fate will befall Portugal, Italy and Spain,
FOR THE POWERFULLY FEDERALIST CHARACTER OF THIS PROJECT HAS YET TO BE
APPRECIATED.
What about you? Can you appreciate what we are witnessing? While
the world is fxated on the currency exchanges, on the bond yields and
bailout packages, on the effect of Europes fnancial crisis on global
stock markets and hedge funds, what are you seeing in Europe? Do
you see a continent being systematically conquered by an invigorated,
empowered German nation?
The spirit of Charlemagne is brooding in Europe. Whether you see it
later or now is a matter of life and deathits that serious!
Greider quotes Stephen Roach, a Morgan Stanley economist who
says, Some form of debt forgiveness would be a clear positive. With
debt reduction, people would feel less reluctant to spend money on
new things. If you can do that, then companies will feel more confdent
about future demand, less reluctant about hiring more workers.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY November 12, 2011 10
CONQUERING from page 1
ABOUT A week ago, the
planets 7 billionth per-
son was born, by the UNs
estimate. This is extraordi-
nary. For decades, futurists
have been predicting that
the population explosion
would seriously threaten civilization. Somehow,
though, advancements in producing and man-
aging resources have, to this point, overcome
the diffculties. And people just keep multiply-
ingmore than 200,000 every day.
Still, evidence shows the trend cant hold.
Serious questions loom over us about the
consequences of having so many people. In the
worlds most populous nation, a burgeoning
middle class is suddenly demanding luxuries
that have long been restricted to the Western
world. Meanwhile, most all the worlds popula-
tion growth is happening in the less developed
areas. Of the 80 million babies born in develop-
ing countries each year, 20 million are in the
worlds poorest nations. Nearly a billion people
today lack access to safe water. More than a bil-
lion are undernourished.
Some radicals believe the world just needs
fewer people, and promote various forms of pop-
ulation control. In China, over a third of mar-
ried couples are restricted to having one child, a
policy that has contributed to forced abortions
and sterilizations, as well as female infanticides.
Many analysts say, though, that there are
plenty of resources to go around. Their sup-
posed scarcity has many causes: bad leadership,
economic trouble, poverty and so on. In truth,
the problem isnt a lack of good resources, its a
lack of good resource management. It isnt too
many humansits too much human nature.
With many population- and resource-related
issues, mankind will hit an immovable wall
soon, and it is not diffcult to imagine cata-
strophic consequences: famines, economies
shutting down, societal upheaval, war. These
are exactly the conditions biblical prophecy
reveals will besiege our world in its fnal days.
However, prophecy also reveals what lies
beyond: conditions of peace, prosperity,
abundanceextremely conducive to explosive
population growth. Indications are that during
the Millennium, under Gods direction, with
principles of good stewardship in place, the
population will grow well beyond 7 billion. God
even promises to reshape the topography to
make room for more people. When one under-
stands our Creators awesome purpose for hu-
man beings, one can appreciate the true beauty
of this glorious population explosion!
Can Earth Really
Support 7 Billion
People?

JOEL HILLIKER | Columnist