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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 1-7, 2010

Historically, when
nations fall, they fall
quickly and absolutely.
Make no mistake,
Taliban devotees are in
our schools, playgrounds,
homes, mosques,
political parties,
and universities.
For the rst time
since the Cold War,
doomsday shelters are
making a comeback.
Just ve days later,
four prisoners who were
leaders of one of Iraqs
most violent insurgent
groups, escaped.
Unless one side caves,
someone always
pulls the trigger.
W
hen Californians voted to ban
same-sex marriage in 2008,
some Republicans held up the
referendum as surefre proof that the
United States was conservative to the
core. But as we wrote at the time, just
because California and two other states
voted against homosexual marriage,
that certainly did not mean America
was in the midst of a moral revival. That
same-sex marriage was even on the
ballot perfectly illustrated how steep our slide into deviant
behavior has been over the past generation.
In the case of California, Proposition 8 passed by a nar-
row 52-to-48 percent margin. But with obnoxious protests
and numerous legal challenges now set to inundate court-
rooms, we asked at the time, how long will marriage re-
main defned in California as between a man and woman?
Answer: Less than two years.
This week, federal judge Vaughn Walker issued a detailed,
136-page opinion overturning Californias ban on same-sex
unions. With the stroke of a pen, as some commentators
noted, one radically liberal jurist voided the opinion of 7
million Californians who voted in favor of the ban.
That the majority of California voters supported Propo-
sition 8 is irrelevant, Walker asserted (emphasis mine
throughout).
Those who defend marriage in the traditional sense have
correctly noted that in every state where same-sex mar-
riages are legal, it is the judicial or legislative branches
that have approved the measurenot the voters.
But what makes Walkers ruling especially noteworthy
is that it marks the frst time a federal judge has ruled that
same-sex marriage is Constitutional (based on a dis-
torted reading of the Fourteenth Amendment). This means
the Supreme Court will most likely have fnal say in settling
this dispute.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Tony Perkins,
president of the Family Research Council, outlined what is
at stake for America: This lawsuit, should it be upheld on
appeal and in the Supreme Court, would become the Roe
v. Wade of same-sex marriage, overturning the marriage
laws of 45 states. As with abortion, the Supreme Courts
involvement would only make the issue more volatile.
Yet, barring a stunning reversal at the infamously liberal
Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Courts involvement appears
to be inevitable. And if this goes to the Supreme Court, we
should not assume that the right-leaning group of justices
would automatically reverse Judge Walkers judicial activ-
ism. In 2003, remember, when called upon to uphold a
Texas law against sodomy, the court ruled by a vote of 6 to 3
that states have no right to criminalize homosexual conduct.
In his dissent, Justice Scaliaperhaps the most conser-
vative justice on the benchacknowledged that if homosex-
ual conduct was now constitutional, [W]hat justifcation
could there possibly be for denying the benefts of marriage
to homosexual couples?
Indeed, in his ruling this week, Judge Walker grabbed
that line of reasoning and ran with it, stating that homo-
sexual conduct and attraction are constitutionally protected.
By constitutionally protected, of course, he was referring
to the 2003 rulingcertainly not the original intent of those
who actually framed the Constitution as law of the land.
As Mark Levin wrote in Men in Black, at Americas
founding, [S]odomy was a criminal offense under the
common law and was prohibited by the original 13 states
when they ratifed the Bill of Rights. These laws, of course,
were grounded in Scripture, which is whyafter voiding
the votes of 7 million Californians and trampling over the
Fourteenth AmendmentJudge Walker reserved his most
contemptuous condemnation for religion and morality.
Among his fndings of fact, for example, Judge Walker
ruled, Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships
are sinful or inferior to heterosexual relationships harm
gays and lesbians. To support this factual fnding, he
cites 18 examplesmost of them just doctrinal explana-
tions from religious groups denouncing homosexual behav-
ior as unbiblical and sinful.
In Judge Walkers mind, it is BiBle-Based theology, not
unnatural or unlawful sexual orientation, that poses a dan-
gerous threat to homosexuals and lesbians.
Walker wrote, The evidence shows conclusively that
moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief
that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex
couples. And this, he concluded, is no basis for legislating
against same-sex marriages. Religion and morality, in
other words, have absolutely no bearing on whether or not
homosexual marriage is constitutional.
Its a far cry from the way our Founding Fathers viewed
constitutional law. The way President John Adams viewed
it, Our Constitution was made only for a moral and reli-
san Francisco Values Win again
see SAN FRANCISCO page 10
STEPHEN FLURRY
COLUMNIST
Middle east
T
ensions are again ratcheting up between Israel and its radical
Islamic enemies. In just over a week, three signifcant incidents
have occurred that are reminders that Israel, despite rumors of
peace, is constantly gravitating toward war. The frst occurred Friday of
last week when Hamas launched a Russian-made Grad rocket into the
heart of Ashkelon, damaging numerous buildings and property. Israel
responded by launching a series of air strikes against Hamas bases in
Gaza. On Saturday, Hamas retaliated by landing a Qassam rocket on
a two-story building in the Israeli town of Sderot. The second incident
occurred Monday in south Israel, where fve rockets fell near Eilat, a
popular destination for tourists and vacationing Israelis. The rockets
were believed to have been launched from somewhere in the Sinai
Peninsula. The third incident occurred Tuesday, when Israeli soldiers
engaged in a brief skirmish along Israels border with Lebanon. Accord-
ing to media reports, idf soldiers were on a routine patrol inside the
border when they were ambushed by soldiers in the Lebanese Armed
Forces (laf). Gunfre was exchanged, resulting in the deaths of three laf
troops, one Israeli soldier and one journalist. These incidents portend
greater confict between Israel and its radical Islamic enemies, all of
which are sponsored by Iran.
Pakistan continues to suffer from its worst foods in 80 years, as
foodwaters in the northwest spread down to the southern province
of Sindh, where 350,000 people have been evacuated. In the north,
the fooding brought on by monsoon rains has killed more than 1,600
people and left more than 4 million homeless. Pakistan, already heavily
reliant on foreign aid, will also be greatly impacted economically by the
foods. The United States is providing $20 million in initial aid, hoping
to counter anti-American sentiment in the country, which it also relies
upon for help in the war against the Taliban.
NATIONAL POST | July 31
iran transforming
afghan War
T
he night Canadian Master Corp. Darrell Priede of Brantford died
in Afghanistan, the Afghan war took a sudden dangerous new
twist. A stream of secret U.S. military intelligence reports released
this week by the WikiLeaks website suggests the May 2007 death was
the result of a Taliban attack with a heat-seeking, surface-to-air missile
launched from the shoulder.
Not long afterward, a Taliban spokesman gloated over the attack, brag-
ging insurgents had used new weapons to destroy the Chinook. nato
offcials just as quickly dismissed the Taliban claim . But the WikiLeaks
documents show witnesses to the attack were certain the downed heli-
copter was hit by a manpad (man-portable air-defense system). Two
Apache attack helicopters sent to hover over the crash site within 30 min-
utes of the attack also came under fre from hand-launched, heat-seeking
missiles, which pilots described as a probable frst-generation manpad.
nato commanders probably decided to downplay the attack to avoid
comparisons to the Afghan mujahedeens stunningly successful use of
Cia-supplied Stinger surface-to-air missiles to shoot down dozens of
Soviet Hind helicopters during the 1980s. Historians generally say the
introduction of Stingers drove Soviet aircraft from Afghanistans skies
during the mujahedeens war against the Soviet Unions occupation. ...
According to the WikiLeaks documents [and] Rahul Bedi, a longtime
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY August 7, 2010 2
israel: the tension
Builds
in regard to the fragile
state of affairs in and
around Israel, the Interna-
tional Crisis Group (iCg),
a respected mediation
organization with access to
regional decision makers,
reported this week that
it is exceptionally quiet
and uniquely dangerous (emphasis mine
throughout).
For the moment, the iCg says, Israel and
its enemies are in a stand-off, with all parties
refraining from pulling the trigger out of fear
that an all-out war would spare neither
civilians nor civilian infrastructure . The
thing about stand-offs, however, is that they
do not last forever.
Unless one side caves, someone always
pulls the trigger.
For now, it appears that neither Israel nor
its oppositionbe it the Palestinian Author-
ity, Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria or Iranare pre-
pared to compromise to the point of satisfy-
ing fully the demands of the other. Hence the
ongoing standoff, with each side bunkering
down and preparing for a military end-game.
For Israel, this means determining the point
at which not confronting Hamas and Hezbol-
lah (and perhaps even Iran) becomes more
dangerous than remaining idle.
The three separate military attacks (see
left) on Israelfrom the south, west and
northover the last week will likely help
Israel with this decision. In the West, many
watched these incidents and wondered if Isra-
el may be on the brink of war. The potential
triggers for a new round of hostilities have
multiplied, wrote Times Tony Karon this
week, as has the danger of them going off in
sequences as a result of the ties between some
of the key players. In the Global Post Mon-
day, Theodore May posed the question, Are
Israel and Hamas headed for another war?
In places where the possibility of confict
looms constantly, it can be easy for outside
observers to overlook headlines declaring
imminent war. When it comes to Israel in
particular, we can become complacent about
news of missiles slamming into Israeli cities,
or Israels military bombing Hamas strong-
holds, or accounts of the idf engaging in
gunfghts with Lebanon.
It is important that we fght this procliv-
ity and remain vigilant watchers of events in
Israel, specifcally in Jerusalem. As events of
the past week show, the Jewish state is gravi-
tating toward wara war that Bible prophecy
says will ultimately effect all of us.
BRAD MACDONALD | COLUMNIST
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correspondent in South Asia with Janes Defense Weekly, the Irani-
ans are copying a successful U.S. Cold War strategy.
For years U.S. offcials have allegedand Tehran has, just as fercely,
deniedIran is waging a proxy war in Afghanistan, similar to the
strategy it adopted in Iraq. Claims of Iranian interference have usually
been based on seized Taliban caches of Iranian plastic explosives, mor-
tars, grenades and technical manuals. But the WikiLeaks documents
describe intelligence reports that show elements of Irans Revolutionary
Guard have undertaken a far-reaching campaign to support Taliban-
and al Qaeda-related insurgents.
As tensions between Washington and Tehran increase, Shiite antipa-
thy for Sunni jihadists such as al Qaeda and its Taliban allies may be
outweighed by a desire to fnd ways to spoil U.S. interests in the region.
THETRUMPET.COM | August 5
iraq Violence Flares as
U.s. prepares to exit
T
he u.s. is on schedule to end combat operations in Iraq by August
31, U.S. President Barack Obama told the national convention of
the Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 2.
Out of the 65,000 troops currently stationed in Iraq, 50,000 will re-
main until the end of 2011 to support and train the Iraqi security forces.
When Obama came to power, 144,000 soldiers fought in the country.
However, the troops are leaving a country that is far from stable.
Elections were held in Iraq fve months ago, but the political parties
have yet to form a ruling coalitionraising the specter of civil war.
Violence is on the rise, with July being Iraqs deadliest month since May
2008 with 535 dead, according to Iraqs offcial fgures.
Naturally, Iraqis are nervous about Americas pullout. The U.S. with-
drawal will pave the way for the militias and armed groups to work freely,
and they will activate their operations again, Samer Ahmed, a worker in
Baghdad, told Reuters. Militants killed Ahmeds brother in 2007.
I believe Iraqs security situation will deteriorate severely. A civil
war is coming to devour everything in Iraq, he said.
Iraqi security forces are still unable to maintain the security in Iraq,
Baqer Sadeq, a 21-year-old university student, told Reuters. The U.S.
withdrawal from Iraq will pave the way for the violence and sectarian
fghting to return.
Of course there is one country in particular that is well-placed to
intervene in Iraq once America pulls out. With the absence of an
agreed-upon government and with political rivals threatening that the
situation could deteriorate into renewed civil war, the political vacuum
gives Iran space to interfere in Iraqs affairs, wrote Zvi Barel in Israels
Haaretz. Iran wants there to be a prime minister in Iraq who will be
an Iranian ally and follow Iranian orders.
With the U.S. leaving the country, it is only a matter of time before
Iran takes over. The Trumpet has been saying for years that Iraq would
fall to Iran. As the U.S. pulls out, watch this happen before your eyes.
europe
G
eert Wilderss anti-Islamic Freedom Party (ppv) will play a key
role in the new Dutch government as part of a coalition arrange-
ment agreed on August 1. The Peoples Party for Freedom and
U.s. Watches From
sidelines
in the middle of last month, U.S. military
offcials handed Iraqs interior minister
a large, gold-colored key to mark the
transfer of Camp Cropper, the last prison
in Iraq under U.S. control. Now there is
some rule of law, one Iraqi offcial gushed
at the ceremony.
But just fve days later, four prisoners
who were leaders of one of Iraqs most
violent insurgent groups escaped. Iraqi of-
fcials believe that the detainees, members
of an al Qaeda offshoot, were driven out
of the prison by the new warden, who has
also disappeared.
Naturally, this brazen prison break has
embarrassed American and Iraqi offcials.
It also illustrates why the political paraly-
sis in Iraq is becoming more dangerous
and unstable. Eager to meet a deadline to
withdraw U.S. combat troops by the end
of August, American military offcials are
handing over institutions while the Iraqi
political system is in a state of disarray.
Nearly fve months after the March
7 parliamentary elections, Iraqi leaders
still cannot agree on who should lead the
country. Meanwhile, the list of problems
facing the new government continues to
grow. Iraqis are furious that seven years
after the U.S. invasionand the invest-
ment of $5 billionthe country still lacks
adequate electricity. Many towns and cit-
ies in Iraq receive only four to six hours a
day of electricity.
More broadly, Iraqs parliament has
been unable to agree on new laws for shar-
ing oil revenues and negotiating contracts
with foreign oil companies.
With so much at stake, it is question-
able whether the Iraqi political class is
capable of putting aside its ethnic and
sectarian squabbles to govern effectively
over the long-term.
As the political stalemate drags on, the
U.S. military continues to draw down its
forces to meet President Barack Obamas
promise to reduce troop levels to 50,000
by the end of August. The secretary of
state, Hillary Clinton, recently implored
Iraqi leaders to assume a sense of urgen-
cy in forming a new government, but U.S.
offcials have little sway over Iraqi groups
that are now more concerned about curry-
ing favor with regional powers, especially
Iran.
With all U.S. troops set to be gone by
the end of 2011, the Obama administration
has little leverage to force Iraqi leaders to
pull their act together.

THE NATIONAL | AUGUST 1
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Democracy (vvd) and the Christian Democrats announced that they
would form a minority coalition. Wilderss party will back them on a
case-by-case basis. This allows Wilders to play a role in government
without having to stop speaking out about Islam in order to toe the gov-
ernment line. We will show that we are a reliable party, and that things
can work, said Wilders. But we can also continue to say what we want.
Our goal is that the government will be successful in making the Neth-
erlands a better, stronger and safer countrywith less immigration and
asylum. Wilderss powerful role in Dutch politics shows how unhappy
the people of Europe are becoming with Islamic immigration.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi broke with one of his major
allies on the evening of July 29, meaning that his coalition could be
forced to hold early elections. Gianfranco Fini, who co-founded the
Freedom People party with Berlusconi, broke away from the party and
formed his own Future and Freedom for Italy party, accusing Berlus-
coni and his associates of immorality and corruption. As a result, Ber-
lusconi and his allies, the separatist Northern League, no longer have
a majority in parliament. They won a vote on August 4, where parlia-
ment rejected a no-confdence motion against a junior justice minister
accused of corruption; however, their victory only came because Finis
group abstained. Only two years into his fve-year term, Mr. Berlus-
coni now governs at Mr. Finis pleasure, wrote the Economist about
the vote. As the Trumpet has written before, the real kingmaker in Italy
is the Vatican; it brought Berlusconi to power. There have been rum-
blings of discontent over the past couple years, however, as the Catholic
Church struggles to put up with Berlusconis philandering. The Vatican
may decide that Finia former (and some suspect, still current) fascist
is a better option and put him in power. This is a big if, however. Fini
has had his spats with the Catholic Church in the past. Whoever comes
out on top in Italy, it will be the Vaticans choice.
As the Church of England becomes embroiled in controversy over
female bishops, 15 Anglo-Catholic bishops said that some in their
ranks would try to join the Catholic Church. Whatever happens in the
Synod, there are some Anglo-Catholics, including in our own number,
who are already looking at, indeed are resolved to join the Ordinariate
as the place where they can fnd a home in which to live and proclaim
their Christian faith, in communion with the Holy Father, yet retain-
ing something of the blessings they have known and experienced in
the Anglican tradition, they wrote in a letter to Church of England
clergy. Of course the Ordinariate is a new thing, and not all of us are
trailblazers or can imagine what it might be like. Some will undoubt-
edly want to wait and see how that initiative develops before making
a decision. Yet others will make their individual submission and fnd
their future as Roman Catholics . A number will remain, perhaps even
reluctantly because of personal circumstances, family loyalties, even
fnancial necessity, but with a deep sense of unease about the long term
future, an unease that is surely well founded. Expect the Vatican to use
the Church of Englands liberalism to gather more members under the
banner of Rome.
FINANCIAL TIMES | August 2
German strength drives
eurozone Recovery
T
he eurozones industrial recovery shows scant signs of slowing but
is relying almost entirely on Germany to drive growth, according
to a closely watched survey.
The July eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers index was
eU, nato and
Germany connect
for the past two years,
leaders of the 28 North At-
lantic Treaty Organization
member nations have been
drafting a new strategic
concept for the alliance.
With Americas power in
decline, Europe, realizing
that their postwar protec-
tor is feeing the scene, seeks a new lease
on life for nato which will contribute to the
ongoing security of the Continent.
Since the end of the Cold War, natos
membership has nearly doubled as it has
absorbed former Soviet states, many of
which joined the European Union. Now
even Russia seeks an alliance with nato.
More important to Europes security as
America continues to draw down its mili-
tary presence on the Continent is the EU
partnership with nato. The EU and nato
are taking further steps, hand in hand,
with a view to deepening their relations.
[T]he EU has proceeded to the signing of a
set of agreements with nato in order to ob-
tain access to its infrastructure (Europes
World, March 19, 2009). It is thus that nato
has become the European Unions proxy
war machine in the pursuit of the latters
imperialist agenda.
Defense minister Guttenberg met with
Chancellor Angela Merkel in July and
gained her full support for consideration of
three alternative scenarios for a revamped
Bundeswehr. In reality, the reforms are a
reinforcement of the old High Command
structure of the German military forces.
Why is Germany important to this
whole equation of revamped European
security?
Its very simple. The German Constitu-
tional Court created an opt-out for Germa-
ny in respect of any EU proposal to deploy
EU forces in battle. Of all 27 EU member
nations, Germany alone must refer such a
proposal to its national government for de-
cision. This effectively places Germany in
charge of deciding when and how the EU
will enter combat as a combined force.
The Anglo-Saxons created nato, as
its frst secretary general, Lord Ismay,
declared, to keep the Russians out, the
Americans in, and the Germans down.
The great paradox is that natos new
strategic concept, in tandem with the EUs
security objectives and Germanys new
military organization, will result in an al-
liance with Russia, the Americans pushed
out and the Germans raised up!

RON FRASER | COLUMNIST
on Monday revised slightly higher, confrming that the sector had
entered the second half of the year on a strong note. The sharpest im-
provement was in Germany, however, with growth prospects remaining
weak elsewhere and the French index dropping to its lowest level for 10
months.
The results highlight the eurozones dependence on Germanys in-
dustrial export-led recovery, which continues to gather steam. The vdma
German engineering association reported separately that orders placed
with its members in June had been 62 percent higher than a year
before. But Hannes Hesse, the vdmas director, said the data under-
scored the dynamism of the sector. Particularly encouraging, he said,
was a 67 percent increase in domestic orders, that pointed to a revival
in internal demand.
In recent months, worries have mounted about the sustainability of
Germanys recovery amid a gloomier global outlook.
THETRUMPET.COM | August 3
Britain Gives More
policing powers to eU
B
ritish poliCe can be forced to place British citizens under surveil-
lance or hand over dna records under a new European agreement
the UK has opted in to. The European Investigation Order (eio)
allows a court or prosecutor investigating a crime in one EU country to
ask another EU country for information about a suspect.
Home Secretary Theresa May announced that Britain would opt in
on July 27, saying, The government have decided to opt into the eio
because it offers practical help for the British police and prosecutors,
and we are determined to do everything we can to help them cut crime
and deliver justice.
It does not amount to a loss of sovereignty, she said. It will not
unduly burden the police. It does not incur a loss of civil liberties. It is
in the national interest to sign up to it.
Critics of the eio disagree. Under the eio, out-of-country police
could request information pertaining to an activity that isnt a crime in
Britain. The eio will operate with the European Arrest Warrant (eaW),
which makes it easy for European countries to extradite criminals from
each others countries. The eaW offers few ways for a country to stop its
citizens from being extradited once a warrant has been issued. This has
led to several alleged miscarriages of justice.
Before winning the election in Britain three months ago, the Conser-
vative Party was a strong critic of handing over powers to Brussels. Yet
now that its in government, its doing just that.
No wonder British citizens are becoming increasingly critical of Eu-
rope. They see their freedom being handed away, and theyre not even
getting any say in the process.
asia
K
remlin experts say that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Pu-
tins high-profle involvement in wildfres and ownership of the
recent spy scandal is designed to demonstrate to the Russian
people that he, not President Dmitry Medvedev, is leading the country.
With the presidential election only one and a half years away, Putin is
gearing up to make his leadership of Russia offcial once again. During
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY August 7, 2010 5
collapse in
internet time
has the accelerated pace of change in our
markets and businesses increased the
speed with which nations rise and fall? His-
torically, when nations fall, they fall quickly
and absolutely. The trends leading up to
their fall may take many years to develop,
but the fall itself happens quickly.
Consider, for instance, the collapse of the
Soviet Union. After the countries of Eastern
Europe gained their freedom in 1989, some
wondered if the ussr could fall sometime in
the future. Few realized, however, how soon
the monolith would crumble.
As communication speeds up collapse
happens even faster. On the economic front
the subprime mortgage bubble in 2007
burst quickly. Many investors already un-
derstood there was no way for many risky
borrowers to repay their subprime loans.
Like our current debt crisis, the system was
obviously unsustainable in the long run.
But institutional and private investors
continued to buy and hold subprime debt
until cracks in the system suddenly ap-
peared. Then money fowed out of that mar-
ket like a river after spring rains. Similarly
this year, investors realized that Greece
might be close to a government default and
fed the Greek debt markets en masse until
Greeces euro partners stepped in to sup-
port its credit.
So what of America? What could happen
here? In normal times our nations economy
adapts to change and weathers small and
large crises all the time. But our country
has been weakened by massive debt, un-
bridled government spending and excessive
burdens on our private sector, and there
will come a point at which stressful events
will be too much for our economy to bear. If
our economy reaches this tipping point, we
will not bounce back from crisis.
The immediate cause of our demise
will be a single eventone of our creditor
nations dumping U.S. dollars on the world
market, the oil nations switching away from
dollar-based contracts, a political crisis, an-
other natural disaster, even a large trading
error that inadvertently causes dislocation
in our markets. But if the tipping point is
reached and the downward spiral begins,
our economic collapse will be over before
we can take steps to address our weak-
nesses.
In an age when billions of dollars in se-
curities are traded in nanoseconds, when a
24-hour news cycle seems long, why should
national decline be exempt from what the
Germans call Zeitgeist, the spirit of the age?

FORBES, MALLORY FACTOR | AUGUST 4
these crises, while state-controlled media depict Medvedev remaining
in his Kremlin offce, it shows Putin traveling throughout Russia com-
forting fre victims, scolding local offcials, and dictating to Medvedev
how to handle the fres that have killed 40 people and destroyed 1.2
million acres around Moscow. Lilia Shevtsova, a Kremlin expert at the
Moscow Carnegie Center, said that Putin uses these diffcult times to
show the people who is the strong man in the country, who is the na-
tional leader, who is the can-do manand who is just a Kremlin clerk.
Putin also announced that he recently partied with the Russian spies
who were discovered in the U.S. in June. More than two years ago, term
limits forced Putin to surrender the presidential offce and instead take
the prime ministers title. His endorsement guaranteed that Dmitry
Medvedev would replace him as president, and also that Medvedev
would not actually replace Putin as Russias leader. Since then, the two
have seemed to be in perfect lockstep, but the Trumpet has long pre-
dicted that Putin would eventually nudge Medvedev aside. In the last
month, the nudging began.
China does not agree with the EUs unilaterial sanctions against
Iran because of its nuclear program, said Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Jiang Yu on July 30. We hope the relevant parties will
adhere to diplomatic means on the issue. The EU and Canada adopted
new sanctions against Tehran on July 26 that target its foreign trade,
energy and banking because of fears that Irans nuclear program will
be used for weapons. Iran says its program is intended only for peaceful
purposes, and China supports its claim. As the U.S., the un and other
Western powers pressure China to take a stronger stance against the
belligerent rogue nation, Beijing continues to resist, using the opportu-
nity to assert its growing strength on the world stage.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR | August 5
south Korea Begins
largest drills ever
S
outh Korea began a fve-day naval exercise Thursday near its
disputed maritime border with North Korea in spite of the Norths
warnings of retaliation. With 4,500 service members from all four
branches of the military, this drill reportedly represents the nations
largest antisubmarine training exercise ever. It is unusual for South
Korea to independently conduct exercises of this scope without the
involvement of the United States military.
The maneuvers are taking place off the peninsulas west coast where
the South Korean warship the Cheonan was sunk in March, killing
46 sailors. A fve-nation investigative team concluded in May that a
torpedo fred from a North Korean submarine was responsible for the
disaster, but so far the North has denied any involvement and refuses
to apologize.
With tensions between the North and South steadily rising, the naval
exercises represent a show of force that the South hopes will deter any
military incursions from the North. The message appears to have reso-
nated with the North, which called the training maneuvers a direct
military invasion that infringed on the Communist nations right to
self-defense, reports the BBC.
Coming less than two weeks after the Souths navy and air force
conducted joint training exercises with the U.S. off the peninsulas east
coast, South Korean offcials say that the current training exercise is
purely defensive. They have dismissed threats from the North, which
has warned of powerful physical retaliation, reports Chinas state-run
Xinhua news agency.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY August 7, 2010 6
america is at Risk of
Boiling over
our proBlems as a nation have been grow-
ing on us for a long time. The biggest
political change in my lifetime is that
Americans no longer assume that their
children will have it better than they did.
This is a huge break with the past, with
assumptions and traditions that shaped
us.
The country I was born into was a
country that had existed steadily, for al-
most two centuries, as a nation in which
everyone thoughtwherever they were
from, whatever their circumstancesthat
their children would have better lives
than they did. That was what kept people
pulling their boots on in the morning
after the frst weary pause: My kids will
have it better.
Parents now fear something has
stopped. They think they lived through
the great abundance, a time of historic
growth in wealth and material enjoy-
ment. But they look around, follow the
political stories and debates, and deep
down they think their children will live in
a more limited country, that jobs wont be
made at a great enough pace, that taxes
too many people in the cart, not enough
pulling itwill dishearten them, that the
effects of 30 years of a low, sad culture
will leave the whole country messed up.
And then there is the world: nuts with
nukes, etc.
But do our political leaders have any
sense of what people are feeling deep
down? They dont act as if they do. I
think their detachment from how nor-
mal people think is more dangerous and
disturbing than it has been in the past.
But Ive never seen the gap wider than it
is now. I think it is a chasm. In Washing-
ton they dont seem to be looking around
and thinking, Hmmm, this nation is in
trouble, it needs help. Theyre thinking
something else. Im not sure they under-
stand the American Dream itself needs a
boost, needs encouragement and protec-
tion. They dont seem to know or have a
sense of the mood of the country.
When the adults of a great nation feel
long-term pessimism, it only makes mat-
ters worse when those in authority take
actions that reveal their detachment from
the concernseven from the essential
natureof their fellow citizens. And it
makes those citizens feel powerless.
Inner pessimism and powerlessness:
That is a dangerous combination.
WALL STREET JOURNAL,
PEGGY NOONAN | AUGUST 6
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY August 7, 2010 7
latin aMerica/africa
G
ermany has launched a new diplomatic initiative to improve its
relations with Latin America. German Foreign Minister Guido
Westerwelle presented a 60-page strategy paper to an audience
at the Foreign Ministry, including ambassadors from Latin America, on
August 4. The whole South American continent is taking off, read the
paper. Despite many setbacks and diffculties, it is a singular success
story, and we should be smart enough to take part. Westerwelle said he
wants to bring a new quality to the German-Latin American relation-
ship. He outlined a three-pronged approach: increasing trade, harness-
ing the diplomatic infuence of key nations like Brazil, and taking more
collective responsibility on transnational issues. Germany conducted
36.5 billion (us$48.2 billion) worth of trade with Latin America in
2009, an increase of 16.3 percent since 2005. Latin American diplo-
mats welcomed the news. We now have the opportunity to reestablish
a historic bond, Argentinas Ambassador Guillermo Nielsen said. At
the start of the last century, our most important market for exports
was Germany, but in the postwar era, this relationship was lost. Now
its coming back. Europe and Latin America have a shared Catholic
heritage. Expect this to be exploited as the two continents draw closer
together.
Kenyan voters approved their countrys new constitution 67 percent
to 33, according to provisional results released August 5. The New York
Times writes, The new constitution is expected to be a crucial turn-
ing point in this countrys postcolonial history by fnally addressing
many of the political issues that have dogged this East African power-
house since independence in 1963 (August 4). President Mwai Kibaki
declared that the constitution would be our shield and defender as we
strive to conquer poverty, disease and ignorance. Many hope that it
will prevent a repeat of the disputed election in 2007, when over 1,000
people died. The constitution limits the power of the president, gives
Kenyans a bill of rights, and allows for land reform in the future. But
sadly it is not a fx-all solution for Kenyas problems. The root cause of
Kenyas problems lies in mankinds nature. Until that is changed, Kenya
will still be plagued with corruption.
anglo-aMerica
T
he u.s. military is cutting spending on big war weapons. The
Washington Times reported on Tuesday that the Pentagon is look-
ing to save $100 billion over fve years, beginning in fscal 2012.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is attempting to cut spending, especially
on systems made for fghting large-scale international conficts, such
as next-generation ballistic-missile submarines and one or two car-
rier strike groups. The Pentagon is looking to develop less-expensive
systems for smaller conficts comparable to Iraq and Afghanistan. Gates
has already halted production of the F-22 Raptor stealth fghter and
scaled back or shelved missile defense systems, long-range nuclear
bombers and other warplanes. While these attempts to trim budgets and
cut waste may seem prudent, the Trumpet projects that the Pentagon
will tragically miss those big war weapons sooner rather than later.
The Times also reports that Social Security will pay out more than
it collects this year, the frst-ever year that it has dropped into the red.
The fnancial turning point was released in the Social Security actu-
arys annual report, released Thursday.
At the same time, Bloomberg reports that the number of Americans
on food stamps hit 40.8 million in May, a new record. Jobless rates are
also near a 27-year high. Stocks in the U.S. and Europe fell on the news.
annals of executive
overreach
last WeeK, a draft memo surfaced from the
Department of Homeland Security suggest-
ing ways to administratively circumvent
existing law to allow several categories of
illegal immigrants to avoid deportation and,
indeed, for some to be granted permanent
residency. Most disturbing was the stated
rationale. This was being proposed in the
absence of Comprehensive Immigration
Reform.
In other words, because Congress re-
fuses to do what these bureaucrats would
like to see done, they will legislate it them-
selves. Regardless of your feelings on the
substance of the immigration issue, this is
not how a constitutional democracy should
operate. Administrators administer the law,
they dont change it. Thats the legislators
job.
When questioned, the White House
played down the toxic memo, leaving the
impression that it was nothing more than
ruminations emanating from the bowels
of Homeland Security. But the administra-
tion is engaged in an even more signifcant
power play elsewhere.
A 2007 Supreme Court ruling gave the
Environmental Protection Agency the
authority to regulate carbon emissions if
it could demonstrate that they threaten
human health and the environment. The
Obama EPA made precisely that fnding,
thereby granting itself a huge expansion of
power and, noted The Post, sending a mes-
sage to Congress.
This contagion of executive willfulness
is not confned to the federal government or
to Democrats. In Virginia, the Republican
attorney general has just issued a ruling al-
lowing police to ask about ones immigration
status when stopped for some other rea-
son. Whatever your views about the result,
the process is suspect. If police latitude
regarding the interrogation of possible ille-
gal immigrants is to be expanded, thats an
issue for the legislature, not the executive.
In the modern welfare state, govern-
ment has the power to regulate your life.
Thats bad enough. But at least there is one
restraint on this bloated power: the separa-
tion of powers. Such constraints on your
life must frst be approved by both houses
of Congress.
Thats called the consent of the governed.
The constitutional order is meant to subject
you to the will of the peoples representa-
tives, not to the whim of a chief executive
or the imagination of a loophole-seeking
bureaucrat.
WASHINGTON POST,
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | AUGUST 6
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DAILY MAIL, YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN | August 5
the talibanization of
British childhood
L
ast novemBer I witnessed a scene that troubles me still. A furi-
ous Asian father was shaking his young son and tearing up the
picture his child had drawn.
The boy kicked and cried. Recognizing my face from tv appearances
the father came across to say hello. So I asked him what his child
had done that had made him so angry. He explained that according to
his Islamic mentors, drawing pictures of people was forbidden.
I was fabbergasted. After all, this was not some dusty backstreet
in Kabul. What harm can there be in a picture? So I asked the man if
he owned a camera. Yes, he replied. And a video camera. So why, I
asked, was it acceptable for him to take pictures, but not for his child to
draw a stick fgure?
The madrasa teacher told me children are not allowed to, he said,
referring to the places of religious instruction for Muslim children . I
am not an educated man, so I must listen to them.
You might think this encounter was a case of an ill-educated par-
ent misinterpreting the teachings of his elders. Alas, in the past year I
have come to realize his attitude towards his child is far from unique.
Make no mistake, Taliban devotees are in our schools, playgrounds,
homes, mosques, political parties, public service, private frms and
universities.
Samad Hussein, who runs a corner shop near my home, speaks for
many when he says: When I frst came to England, it was a nice coun-
trypolite, respectful. People knew good behavior. My older children
had English friends, no problem.
Now these girls, nearly naked in the roads, drinking and swearing,
sex everywhere. I cant let my young daughters be like that. So I send
them to Muslim schools. I dont want to, but it is bad out there.
The Wahhabi crusaders step in, exploit these fears and promise sal-
vation. They are as canny and persuasive as other cult leaders, and use
modern technology to get to young people. Why are we fghting the
Taliban in Afghanistan and indulging Taliban values here?
DAILY MAIL | August 3
teen internet addicts Face
double the depression Risk
T
eenagers Who are addicted to the Internet are more than twice
as likely to suffer depression, scientists claim. For the frst time,
a study claims that this pathological Web use causes men-
tal health problems. Previous research has been unable to work out
whether spending hours online was a trigger for depression or merely
an activity that depressed people turn to.
The study looked at 1,000 teenagers in China with an average age
of 15, who were assessed for depression and anxiety. Six percent, or 62
teenagers, were classifed as having moderately pathological Internet
use, while 0.2 percent, or two teenagers, were deemed severely at risk.
Nine months later they were reassessed for depression and anxiety.
More than 8 percent, or 87 teenagers, had developed depression. The
risk for those addicted to the Internet was about 2 times higher than
for those who were not, the researchers said.
What in the World is
cameron doing?
david Cameron was always
among the majority of Brit-
ons considered Euroskep-
tic. At least, he appeared
to be, until he was elected
Britains prime minister
three months ago. Now hes
changing his tune and be-
traying his countrymen.
Though Camerons Tories took a plural-
ity of parliamentary seats in that election,
its slim margin meant that Cameron had to
cobble together an unlikely coalition with
the Europe-loving Liberal Democrats. The
path was paved for compromise. The new
prime minister immediately made signif-
cant concessions to his coalition partners
by backing off some of his partys most
Euroskeptic policies. In the time since, hes
moved further toward the EU camp.
In May, Mr. Cameron said he would not
block a German attempt to alter the Lisbon
Treaty to allow eurozone nations to place sanc-
tions on club members that broke the groups
fscal rulesa move that patently increases
the EUs federal power. In June, at his frst Eu-
ropean Council meeting, Cameron effectively
conceded the principle that other nations have
a right to interfere in the United Kingdoms
budget procedures, commented the Daily
Mails Mary Ellen Synon. Last week, Camer-
ons government opted in on another onerous
European directive, one that gives EU police
forces considerable power over British police.
Britains new government seems to be
quickly establishing a pattern of handing
over power to Brussels while justifying it
with slippery language. Three months on, it
looks increasingly as if none of their prom-
ises to safeguard British power is going to be
kept, wrote Melanie Phillips. Indeed, the
coalition government even seems to be going
in precisely the opposite direction.
The Trumpet has said for yearsas Her-
bert W. Armstrong said for decades before
usthat the firtation between Britain and
the Continent was ill-conceived from the
start and is destined to break up. Listening to
David Cameron as he campaigned, it looked
as though a Conservative victory could bring
the differences dividing Britain and Europe
to a head and hasten their split. Instead,
Cameron appears too weak to resist Europe.
What further loss of British sovereignty and
weakening of British power might we witness
in the time ahead, then, as the European
empire steamrolls forward?
Still, the prophecy remains. A break is
coming. How? Watch the situation closely.

JOEL HILLIKER | COLUMNIST
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY August 7, 2010 9
It was carried out by Dr. Lawrence Lam, of the School of Medicine
in Sydney, Australia, and Zi-Wen Peng, of the Ministry of Education
and Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Dr. Lam said: This
result suggests that young people who are initially free of mental health
problems but use the Internet pathologically could develop depression
as a consequence.
DAILY MAIL | August 3
one thousand Girls on
pill at 11
T
he numBer of pre-teenage girls on the pill has increased fvefold in
the past decade, shocking fgures reveal. Last year doctors pre-
scribed the oral contraceptive to more than 1,000 girls aged 11 and
12, usually without their parents knowledge.
Another 200 aged between 11 and 13 were given long-term im-
planted or injectable contraceptive devices on the [National Health
Service].
Family campaigners said the fgures showed how children were be-
ing sexualized at an ever younger age and raised disturbing questions
about the prevalence of underage sex. Although the age of consent in
Britain is 16, GPs are allowed to prescribe the pill to children if they
believe an underage girl is mature enough to have sex. And under the
laws of patient confdentiality, parents have no right to be told if their
children are being given the pill.
The database also reveals that at least 58,000 children aged 15 were
on the pill last year compared with 23,000 in 1999. Hundreds of chil-
dren under 16 were using other forms of long-term contraception, the
fgures show.
Dr. Trevor Stammers, a GP and chairman of the Christian Medical
Fellowship, said If sex education is introduced at primary schools
in the way being proposed, we will see many more 11-year-olds seek-
ing contraception, and if we pay GPs to give out contraception without
pointing out the risks we are going to make matters worse.
GALLUP | August 3
Blacks and Whites
continue to
differ sharply on obama
O
Bamas approval ratings among these groups are at or tied with
their lowest levels to date. President Obamas job approval rating
averaged 88 percent among blacks and 38 percent among whites
in July, a 50-percentage-point difference that has been consistent in
recent months but is much larger than in the initial months of the
Obama presidency. Obamas job approval ratings among blacks, whites,
and Hispanics in July are all at their lowest levels to date, although the
overwhelming majority of blacks still approve.
Issues of race and the Obama presidency have been in the news
again in recent weeks with the situation involving Shirley Sherrod .
Obamas high ratings among black Americans are not unprecedent-
ed. Fellow Democrat Bill Clinton averaged 81 percent approval among

CNS NEWS | AUGUST 2
sheriff paul Babeu is hopping mad at the
federal government. Babeu told CnsNews.
com that rather than help law enforcement
in Arizona stop the hundreds of thousands of
people who come into the United States ille-
gally, the federal government is targeting the
state and its law enforcement personnel.
Whats very troubling is the fact that at
a time when we in law enforcement and our
state need help from the federal government,
instead of sending help they put up billboard-
size signs warning our citizens to stay out of
the desert in my county because of dangerous
drug and human smuggling and weapons and
bandits and all these other things and then,
behind that, they drag us into court with the
aClu, Babeu said.
The sheriff was referring to the law suits
fled by the American Civil Liberties Union
and the U.S. Department of Justice challeng-
ing the states new immigration law. So who
has partnered with the aClu? Babeu [asked]
Its the president and [Attorney General]
Eric Holder himself.
Our own government has become our en-
emy and is taking us to court at a time when
we need help, Babeu said. If the president
would do his job and secure the border; send
3,000 armed soldiers to the Arizona border
and stop the illegal immigration and the drug
smuggling and the violence, we wouldnt even
be in this position and where were forced to
take matters into our own hands.
[Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County,
Arizona,] said the federal governments fail-
ure to secure the border has implications
for the entire country. The bigger picture
is while whats going on in Arizona is criti-
cally important, what comes out of this and
happens here will affect our entire nation .
People who are coming across the border in
my county arent staying there. Theyre going
everywhere usa and a lot of them are bad, bad
people.
According to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBp), about 250,000 people were
detained in Arizona in the last 12 months
for being in the country illegally. Babeu said
that that number only refects the number
of people detained and that thousands more
enter the country illegally each year.
The CBp also reports that 17 percent of
those detained already have a criminal record
in the United States.
arizona sheriff: our
own Government
has Become our
enemy
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY August 7, 2010 10
gious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Americas frst president, George Washington, said during his Fare-
well Address in 1796, Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to
political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.
These God-fearing men understood well that without the moral
restrictions of a higher spiritual law, the many liberties afforded Ameri-
cans in the Constitution would lead to anarchyand end in destruction.
This is the road we are on. This is why, even as conservative com-
mentators assure Americans that a moral revival is right around the
corner, We tell you the truth.
Four years ago, remember, a radical leftist from San Franciscowho
favors homosexual marriage, abortion rights, higher taxes, amnesty
for illegal immigrants and appeasement and retreat in the war against
terrorled the liberal charge across Capitol Hill.
At the time, my father warned that those midterm elections changed
American politics forever. He wrote, San Francisco values will now
permeate every major decision made by the American government.
San Francisco is the homosexual capital of America. It is a seat of
liberalism and one of the most morally and spiritually bankrupt cities
in the country. Now a leader saturated in San Francisco values and
beliefs is one of the most powerful politicians in the land.
Thats what he wrote in 2006 about Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat-
ic sweep through both houses of Congress. That was two years before
the American electorate handed the White House over to the most radi-
cal liberal in U.S. history.
It was almost four years before one lone judgean open homosexual
who hails from San Franciscoimposed his perverted world view on
the state of California and, quite possibly, the rest of the United States.
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blacks during his term in
offce, including 89 per-
cent or 90 percent average
approval in the last three
years of his presidency.
However, the job ap-
proval gap between blacks
and whites has become
signifcantly larger in the
Obama administration
than it was in any year of the Clinton administration.
CNN | August 5
social security: More
Going out than coming in
I
ts offiCial: Social Security will reach its tipping point this year.
For the frst time in nearly 30 years, the system will pay out more
benefts than it receives in payroll taxes both this year and next, the
government offcials who oversee Social Security said on Thursday.
With 9.5 percent unemployment, fewer Americans are paying taxes
into the system and nearly 50 percent of baby boomers are taking a
percentage of their Social Security benefts as early as age 62, instead of
the full retirement age of 66.

ROBERT MORLEY | COLUMNIST
for the frst time since
the Cold War, doomsday
shelters are making a come-
back. Builders of fortifed
bunkers are constructing
underground facilities at
the fastest pace in 30 years.
Why all the demand? People
can sense that the country
is tearing itself apart at the seams.
But can America be put back together
again?
The Wall Street Journals Paul Farrell
says yes, but it will take a revolutiona
feminist one. America is in a race against
time to prevent self-destruction says
Farrell. And women need to take action.
Alpha-males running America are little
boys overdosing the real world with too
much edgy testosterone aggressive, ar-
rogant, narcissistic bullies gambling
in historys greatest casino.
Too much testosterone is killing our
world, and Unless women take control
of Wall Street and America, The End is
near. The only way to avoid this fate is if
all levels of society force women into more
leadership roles, he says.
What a sad refection of the state of
masculine leadership in America today.
Gone are the leaders who stand up for
right, for goodregardless of the political
cost. Gone are the leaders who call a spade
a spade because it is a spade and not be-
cause it is just politically correct. Gone are
the men who lead on principle as opposed
to polls.
Is it any wonder that America is falling
apart so rapidly? Its men are broken.
But society is broken too. Even if such a
true masculine man were to run for offce,
he would be rejected because no one likes
the truth when it hurts.
The Prophet Isaiah warned that the
time would come when America would
have a crippling lack of righteous, mascu-
line leadership (Isaiah 3:2-3). During this
time period, the mighty man the judge
the prudent and the ancient and the
honourable man and the counsellor, and
the cunning artifcer, and the eloquent
orator would be taken away.
Isaiah says that instead, women and
children would rule and that conditions
would continue to deteriorate until you
couldnt even give leadership positions to
men if you wanted to (Isaiah 3:7).
Dont look for a menaissance any time
soon.
Why Wont a Real
Man stand Up?
Mr. Obama says he is going to bring the races
together. But we are seeing actions that will
do just the opposite! The race card is going
to be played often for political gain! And it
is going to cost America dearly. This is not a
small problem. We must understand where the
race issue is leading us. The end result is going
to be worse than anything you imagine.
theTrumpet.com, July 21, 2008