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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 25-31, 2010

Large parts of Detroit

are returning to the wild
as abandoned sections
of the city succumb
to bulldozers.
Americas parental
outsourcing industry is
likely to grow from $55.8
billion in 2010 to $61.5
billion in 2013.
The roles between the
sexes as God intended are
ipped upside-down and
twisted in knots.
The Russian security
service has been given
extended powers to
act against people for
so-called thought crime.
Our governments been
lying to itself.
A
merica is embarking on a social
experiment unprecedented in its
history. Republicans and Demo-
crats both seem interested in just one
thing: more power. And that means
bigger government, more wasteful,
ineffcient, bureaucratic regulation and
eventually higher taxes (and/or infa-
tion) to pay for it.
But isnt that what wrecked Greece,
Argentina and the Soviet Union? Yes,
but that doesnt seem to matter. What matters is that politi-
cians maintain their power and satisfy the special interest
groups that put them there.
Consider the governments recent mass expansion pro-
posal. I am not talking about the national health-care law,
which created 183 new agencies, commissions, panels and
other bodies with names like Interagency Pain Research
Coordinating Committee and Cures Acceleration Network
Review Board. Neither am I talking about the more than
1,200 government agencies that have sprung into existence
post-Sept. 11, 2001, that purport to work on counterterror-
ism, homeland security and other intelligence operations
at 10,000 locations across America, or the 50,000-plus
reports these agencies generate each year. Nor am I talk-
ing about the 2,319-page 2010 fnancial reform law that,
among other things, gives government bureaucrats sweep-
ing powers to override investors and ceos to decide when
a company could pose a risk to the fnancial systemand
then conduct a government takeover. For comparison pur-
poses, this particular law has more pages of code than the
prior fve pages of banking legislation combined. The hated
Sarbanes-Oxley Act was only 66 pages.
The most recent, debilitating and massive proposed
expansion of government is called the Paycheck Fairness
Act. Supported by President Barack Obama and Attorney
General Eric Holder, this social justice bill gives the federal
government the power to require all businesses in America
to report how many employees of each race and sex they
employ, and the salary that each is paidso the govern-
ment can determine if there is any discrimination.
A new national database overseen and managed by a
vast new bureaucratic network of activists with immense
power and funded by more taxes and borrowing would be
created.
And if white people are being paid more than black
people or Hispanics, or if men are being paid more than
women, the government will have the authority to levy
unprecedented penalties of unlimited punitive and com-
pensatory damages, say critics (emphasis mine). Private
businesses may eventually have to employ specifc numbers
of minorities and women in proportion to their percentages
in their communities, or else.
Those arguing against the Paycheck Fairness Act note
that the new law would put the burden on employers to
prove they are not racist or sexist, as opposed to the gov-
ernment or plaintiffs having to prove that discrimination
was committed.
According to Forbes, no longer would companies be able
to pay employees based on performance, but solely on job
position. For example, if a company employs two landscap-
ers, they both must be paid the same, regardless of merit or
output.
Congress passed this bill last year. Fortunately for
America, the Senate is having trouble passing it.
But burdensome, ineffcient bills like this get slipped
through all the time.
Beginning in 2012, all small businesses and self-em-
ployed individuals will be required to report to the Internal
Revenue Service the purchase of all goods and services that
exceed $600 in a calendar year. This was a provision that
was tacked on to the presidents health-care legislation. But
since lawmakers rarely have time to read the bills they vote
for, no one noticed this addition.
Think of the mountain of paperwork and the thousands
of man-hours of investigation and litigation this bill will
generate. A whole new irs division will need to be estab-
lished. Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Michigan, report-
edly deals with around 1,000 customers per week. With
gold at more than $1,100 per ounce, the company estimates
it will need to fle between 10,000 to 20,000 tax forms per
yearand that is just one company!
Buy a used car? Mail irs Form 1099. Get a new appli-
ance? Fill out irs Form 1099. Install one of those new ef-
fcient ergonomic toilets? Make sure to let the irs know. The
government had better hire some more data-entry special-
istsa lot of them. And some law enforcement offcers and
more managers too. Dont forget the lawyers.
How is the government going to pay for all this?
That is the wrong question. The correct question is, how
are you going to pay for all this? Government has only one
americas social experiment
see EXPERIMENT page 10
ROBERT MORLEY
COLUMNIST
Middle east
D
etails of more than 90,000 secret military documents relating to
Afghanistan that had been leaked to the WikiLeaks website were
published by the New York Times and two other newspapers on
Sunday. Despite the hype surrounding the massive intelligence leak, the
documents exposed thus far reveal little new about the war in Afghani-
stan. Perhaps the most critical information relates to Pakistans support
of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The leaked documents accuse Pakistan
of providing both supplies and sanctuary for Taliban fghters. The secret
military feld reports detail how Pakistans intelligence service has guided
the Afghan insurgency, even while Islamabad receives more than $1
billion a year from Washington for its help fghting the Taliban. Stratfor
points out that the Inter-Services Intelligence agencys relationship with
the Taliban is well known. It appears the WikiLeaks merely provide ad-
ditional detail of a war that is not going well for the United States, and of
Pakistans double-dealing. TheTrumpet.com has long pointed out the du-
plicity of Pakistan as a U.S. ally in the war in Afghanistan. The fact that
Washington must take the friends and allies it caneven if they fuel the
passions (and the apparatus) of the very enemy the U.S. is fghtingdem-
onstrates the compromised nature of Americas power on the world scene,
we wrote Aug. 1, 2005. And from Islamabads point of view, it is covering
its bases, knowing that the U.S. is not in Afghanistan for the long haul.
Why would it want to make an enemy of the up-and-coming power right
across its border?
On Monday, Is-
raeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
said Israel was ready
to begin direct negotia-
tions with the Pales-
tinians. Speaking to
the Knessets Foreign
Affairs and Defense
Committee, Netanyahu
said that if the Pales-
tinians were willing
to open direct talks,
Israel might turn over
to their control a key
road in the north Jerusalem area. This is one of the trust-building steps
about which I spoke with the Americans, he explained. The Jerusalem
Post points out, however, that the Israeli prime ministers statement does
not necessarily bring direct negotiations closer. Prime Minister Netanya-
hu told the members of the Knesset that the Palestinians did not actually
want to hold direct talks. If and when any direct talks do occur, we can
know through Bible prophecyand the history of the peace processthat
they will only further erode Israels security rather than bring peace.
On Sunday, Yemens local al Qaeda node, al Qaeda in the Arabian Pen-
insula (aqap), attacked a military checkpoint, killing six Yemeni soldiers.
This follows a July 19 attack by aqap on the southern headquarters of
Yemens security and intelligence agency, which resulted in 11 deaths, as
well as other attacks on Yemeni security offcials. Stratfor reports that the
strikes against Yemens security-intelligence establishment indicate the
terrorist group has broken its long-held tacit agreement with the Yemeni
government not to directly target the state. [I]ndications are that aqap
will continue its assault against both government and Western targets in
Yemen, Stratfor writes (July 27). It was al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
that claimed responsibility for the failed attempt to blow up the Denver-
bound Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day last year. Nidal Hassan,
the Fort Hood shooter who killed 13 last November, also had ties with
aqap. It appears the terror group is gaining in strength. At the same time,
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Muslim brotherhood
Jockeys for power
in egypt
the islamic supremacist group known as the
Muslim Brotherhood, which is dedicated, ac-
cording to a captured internal document, to
eliminating and destroying Western civiliza-
tion from within, has its best chance in years
to take power in Egypt, with implications for
the Middle East and beyond.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has
terminal stomach cancer, and is not expected
to survive beyond another year. Mubarak has
anointed his son Gamal as his successor; how-
ever, the Brotherhood, from which sprang both
Hamas and al Qaeda, could attempt to seize
power upon the elder Mubaraks death, and is
maneuvering now to ensure that once Hosni
Mubarak is gone from the scene, the Muslim
Brothers will be more powerful than ever.
The Brotherhood is banned in Egypt, but
often runs candidates in Egyptian elections
as independents. In this way it won one ffth
of the seats in the 2005 parliamentary elec-
tions.
Gamal Mubarak said in July 2008, in
a clear reference to the Brotherhood, that
confessional political parties were multi-
plying anti-Western references and thereby
building barriers between the different cul-
tures and destroying the bridges between
the Eastern and Western worlds that the past
generations had so much trouble building.
But will he be able to out-maneuver the
Brotherhood? If the Brotherhood succeeds
in imposing a sharia regime in Egypt via a
fgurehead or weak ElBaradei presidency, the
Camp David Accords, already much trans-
gressed and ignored by Egyptian authorities,
could be swept aside altogether. Egypt could
follow Turkeys path of a new belligerence
toward Israel as it jockeys for power with
the Saudis and the Turks among the major
players of the Sunni Muslim world. If, on
the other hand, it wins enough concessions
from Gamal Mubarak and his ailing father
to push forward its agenda with new energy,
confdence, and power, an Egyptian sharia
state inveterately hostile to the United States
and Israel is not necessarily forestalled, but
merely postponed.
Hosni Mubarak is the third Egyptian
strongman in a row to keep a lid on the
Brotherhoods power. Whether his son will
be able to do so as well remains to be seen
but if he doesnt, the consequences of an
Egyptian political scene dominated by the
Brotherhood will almost certainly extend far
beyond the borders of Egypt itself.
HUMAN EVENTS,
ROBERT SPENCER | JULY 27
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ready to
negotiate with the Palestinians.
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Yemen is experiencing an increase in violence in the north between Shiite
al-Houthi rebelswhich are supported by Iranand pro-government
militias. Over 70 people have been killed in fghting that began July 15.
TELEGRAPH | July 28
Cameron uses turkish
Visit to launch attack
D
avid cameron signaled a toughening stance on Israel yesterday by
comparing the besieged Gaza Strip to a prison camp and urg-
ing Israel to end its three-year blockade.
Mr. Camerons comments will carry additional diplomatic weight
because they were made in Turkey, which has threatened to sever ties
with Israel after its deadly assault on a fotilla carrying humanitarian
aid to Gaza.
In comments that will play well in Turkey, Mr. Cameron frankly ad-
dressed the situation in Gaza. Speaking to business leaders in Ankara,
Mr. Cameron condemned Israels land and sea blockade of Gaza, aimed
at weakening the Islamist group Hamas, which seized control of the
strip in 2007.
Turkeys prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, applauded Mr.
Camerons words, and repeated his condemnation of the fotilla assault
in international waters, comparing it to Somali piracy. ...
Mr. Cameron was in Turkey to woo Ankara, a strategic ally in the
Middle East that has acted as an important bridge between East and
West. Throwing his support behind Turkeys stalled bid to join the Eu-
ropean Union, he said the club would be not stronger but weaker for
its absence. Mr. Cameron added: Im here to make the case for Tur-
keys membership of the EU. And to fght for it.
Turkeys bid, however, is likely to encounter resistance from France
and Germany, which have both blocked it since accession talks began
in 2005. Stumbling blocks include Turkeys refusal to recognize Greek
Cyprus and its treatment of the Kurdish minority.
MIDDLE EAST ONLINE | July 26
iran Giving taliban
Money, arms, training
I
ran is waging a covert campaign against U.S.-led forces in neighbor-
ing Afghanistan by providing money, arms, training and safe haven
to Taliban insurgents, according to leaked [reports].
Reports from Afghan spies and paid informants, described in papers
published on whistleblower website Wikileaks, accuse the Iranian gov-
ernment of directly supporting the insurgents. These threat reports
cannot be corroborated, the Guardian newspaper said in a report sum-
marizing the Iran fndings, but high-level U.S. diplomatic communica-
tions indicate concern over Irans growing involvement in the country.
Iran has taken a series of steps to expand and deepen its infuence
in Afghanistan, reads a summary of a secret cable sourced to the U.S.
Embassy in Kabul and written by a deputy general. The cable relayed
claims from within the Afghan Foreign Ministry that Iran was bribing
Afghan MPs with millions of U.S. dollars and working to oust reformist
ministers.
america plays the
fool in pakistans
Double Game
the treasure trove of 91,000 classifed AfPak
documents posted by WikiLeaks suggests that
our governments been deceiving us about
Pakistans murderous behavior.
But the situations even worse than that: Our
governments been lying to itself.
The documents in question arent superclas-
sifed. Theyre largely low-level feld reports
at the confdential level, bottom-rung stuff,
with some secret documents mixed in. Their
value lies in their unfltered quality. This is
what the guys on the ground with the guns
have been seeing, hearing and sensing.
It aint good. Reports covering the fve years
from 2004 to 2009 cite routine Pakistani sup-
port for the Afghan Talibanas the terrorists
kill our troops. Pakistans infamous Inter Ser-
vices Intelligence, or isi, also has been working
with al Qaeda, according to the reports.
Thats no surprise to Post readers, but our
government is shocked, shocked! by the
revelations. And the excuses for Pakistans
lethal misconduct have already started fow-
ing. Were told that these reports are unverifed,
that some can be traced back to anti-Pakistani
Afghan intelligence operatives, and that Ameri-
can eyewitness accounts are one-offs.
Folks, Ive done plenty of intelligence analy-
sis, and heres how it works: A single report of a
supposed allys wrongdoing gets your attention,
but its regarded as an outlier until another
source confrms it. After that, you actively
search for further corroborationbefore you
get blindsided big time.
One report might be hearsay. But hundreds
of reports of Pakistani collaboration with our
Taliban and al Qaeda enemies amount to a pat-
tern. And intelligence is about patterns.
Our governments response to Pakistani
complicity in the death of hundreds of our
troops and the wounding of thousands? Send
additional aidon top of the $6 billion recently
committedand bills in Congress to grant spe-
cial trade privileges to Pakistanis in Taliban-
infested territories.
Its like dating someone whos wildly, fa-
grantly promiscuous and hoping that patience
will lead to his or her sudden reform. But toler-
ance only encourages more bad behavior.
Why do Petraeus and other veteran offcials
continue to dream of Pakistans magical self-
reformation? Because were out of strategic
imagination, having tied ourselves to Pakistan
for everything from the transit of supplies for
our troops to intelligence. Were begging the
Pakistanis to make fools of us. Our troops die
and we make excuses for their killers.
NEW YORK POST,
RALPH PETERS | JULY 27
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europe
E
uropean finance ministers approved the overall structure of Eu-
ropes External Action Service (eeas) July 26, paving the way for
Europes own diplomatic corps to become operational in Decem-
ber. The foreign ministers approved the structure of the eeas already
agreed upon by members of the European Parliament in Madrid on
June 21. Under the Madrid agreement, at least one third of eeas staff
will be national diplomats from member states, with at least 60 per-
cent being permanent EU offcials. It is historic to be able to witness
the birth, at least at the decision level, of a European diplomacy, said
Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere after the July 26 meeting.
EU Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton will now begin to appoint heads
of the different embassies. However, the diplomatic service will not
be able to go into operation until the European Parliament has agreed
new staffng and budgetary rules. The eeas will operate 136 European
embassies, employ around 6,000 people, and have a budget of around
7 billionincluding EU money spent on aid and peacekeeping. Even
before the latest agreement, British mep David Campbell Bannerman
said, I believe that through the Lisbon Treaty, through Baroness Ash-
tons role, and the External Action Service, the European Union now
has all four criteria it needs under international law to declare itself a
single nation-state, a United States of Europe, and to do so overnight.
In setting up its own foreign service, Europe is taking another step to
become a superstate.
The International Court of Justice (icj) ruled that Kosovos declara-
tion of independence was legal under international law on July 22. The
court did not rule that Kosovo was a legal state, however. The ruling,
passed by a majority of 10 to 4, stated the declaration of independence
of the 17th of February, 2008, did not violate general international law.
The president of the icj, Hisashi Owada, stated that international law
has no prohibition on declarations of independence. After he left the
court, Kosovos Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni said, This is a great
day for Kosovo. The court opinion stated that Kosovos legitimacy as
an independent nation would not come from the icj but from the coun-
tries that choose to recognize its independence. International support
for an independent state is inevitable. In addition to support from the
United States, Kosovo is certain to enjoy enthusiastic backing from the
European Union, especially Germany and the Vatican, both of which
have worked behind the scenes since 1991 engineering the dissolution
of Yugoslavia.
THE LOCAL | July 28
Merkels Conservatives
still Havent Hit bottom
T
he plunge in support for Angela Merkels Christian Democrats
appears to be endless, with the leading Forsa poll showing on
Wednesday the partys support had fallen below 30 percent for the
frst time in a decade.
The poll, published in Stern magazine and on broadcaster rtl, put
the ruling Christian Democrats (cdu), combined with their Bavarian
sister party the Christian Social Union, at 29 percent. Their junior
coalition partners, the pro-business Free Democrats (fdp) picked up a
point but are still languishing at just 5 percent.
The three parties together have their weakest support since the poll
began in 1986.
unwinnable Wars
herbert armstrong said it
decades ago, America has
won its last war!
He was right!
World War ii was the
last great confict that
the Anglo-Saxon nations
clearly won in a victory
which vanquished the en-
emy and brought a very temporary peace to
the world.
In a commentary on the state of military
preparedness in the United Kingdom, the
Spectator observed, The last decade saw
the British government fght fve wars on a
peacetime budget, thereby stretching the
military to (and often beyond) breaking
point. The cost of this was avoidable deaths
and inevitable defeats (July 17).
In America, the current U.S. adminis-
tration has committed to draw down its
military engagement in Iraq and transfer its
principal war focus to Afghanistan. All that
remains in respect of Iraq is a negotiated
settlement which, inevitably, will yield up
control of Iraq, either directly or indirectly,
to that perverse terror sponsor Iran. Then
yet another war will be lost to the West.
Thus the focus swings increasingly to
Afghanistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
voiced the obvious at the Kabul conference
when she declared, Citizens of many na-
tions represented here, including my own,
wonder whether success is even possible
and if so, whether we all have the commit-
ment to achieve it.
Thus it was that a gathering of national
representatives in Afghanistans capital
gave the impression, almost to a man, that
they were all weary of the loss of life, the
destruction of property, the huge expense,
the corruption of the Karzai government,
the general untrustworthy nature of the
locals that all make up the sad equation of
the Afghan war.
The U.S. may have the military hardware,
but both the public and the current U.S. ad-
ministration lack the spine to use that power
to vanquish terror from the Middle East.
The British ought to have known from
their own past history in Afghanistan. Rus-
sias failed Afghanistan experience certainly
taught them the lesson that the Brits, the
Americans and their allies in the Afghani-
stan confict have also had to learn the hard
way. You never win in Afghanistan!
Yes, Mr. Armstrong was right! Britain
and America won their last war 65 years
ago.

RON FRASER | COLUMNIST
TELEGRAPH | July 27
baroness ashton Moves to
take Control of bosnia
A
confidential paper, tabled by Europes foreign minister this
week, has urged the creation of a powerful European envoy this
autumn, based in Sarajevo, to push through a new constitutional
order for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Key to the political reforms, demanded as a condition of EU entry
for Bosnia, is a strengthening of a multi-ethnic federal state, mainly
controlled by Muslims and Croats, at the expense of Republika Srpska,
the Bosnian Serb government.
To overcome Serb blocking tactics, Lady Ashton is demanding that
her new Bosnian envoy, part of her newly created diplomatic service,
be given new powers by the Council of EU foreign ministers to impose
travel bans and asset freezes on opponents.
In the case of non-compliance for example challenges to funda-
mentals of the Bosnia and Herzegovina state, the [envoy] will be able to
recommend to the EU High Representative [Lady Ashton] that Council
impose travel bans and/or the freezing of assets in the EU, said the
paper seen by the Daily Telegraph. This option should be made more
accessible by a Council decision to impose a travel ban on those indi-
viduals who have challenged key provisions.
European diplomats have confrmed that the new measures will be
used against anyone deemed to be obstructive, including Milorad
Dodik, the elected prime Bosnian Serb prime minister, who backs in-
dependence from Bosnia. Dodik will not be a happy bunny but he will
have to watch his Ps and Qs, said a senior EU diplomat.
David Chandler, professor of international relations at Westminster
Universitys center for the study of democracy, attacked the new mea-
sures as undemocratic. It is ironic given the EUs promotion of democ-
racy and human rights to rely on such draconian measures that prevent
free and public discussion of
the way forward for Bosnia,
he said.
Lady Ashtons policy
paper, Next steps in Bosnia
and Herzegovina through
stronger EU presence and a
reinforced EU policy, sets
out a plan for European off-
cials to take over the running
of Bosnia soon after Bos-
nian elections in October.
asia
N
orth Korean despot Kim Jong Il threatened the U.S. last Satur-
day with nuclear war because of joint naval drills between Wash-
ington and South Korea. The exercises, held from Sunday until
Wednesday, came four months after a torpedo sunk a South Korean ship,
the Chonan. Involving 8,000 sailors, 200 aircraft and 20 ships, they
were intended to be a display of force and unity by the U.S. and South
Korea. Though they were titled Invincible Spirit, the lead-up to the
drills reveals the spirit behind Americas alliance with South Korea to be
far from invincible. Soon after a May investigation published the conclu-
sion that North Korea was almost certainly responsible for sinking the
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With the destruction of greater Yugoslavia
as a political entity, the way was clear for
the European Union to impose its will on
the Balkan crossroads of Europe, a most
strategic piece of territory. The scene
was then set for the expansion of German
inuence, under the EU umbrella, to
extend southward via the Adriatic and the
Mediterranean seas.
Trumpet, September 2006
the new, improved
obama
You have to hand it to U.S. President Barack
Obama. Just when you thought he was
shifting gearseasing up on Israel and
turning his attention to Irans nuclear weap-
ons programhe pulls out a zinger.
His recent courtship of Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu led some Israelis and
supporters of Israel in the U.S. to believe
the administration had seen the light.
Obamas decision to invite Netanyahu to
Washington and treat him like an ally rather
than an enemy is proof that when stripped to
its essentials, his foreign policy is pragmatic.
Yet before the ink had a chance to dry,
Obama demonstrated that their enthusiasm
was misplaced. Late last week the admin-
istration decidedapropos of nothingto
upgrade the diplomatic status of the plo
mission in Washington.
From now on, the plo will be allowed to fy
its fag like a regular embassy. Its representa-
tives will enjoy diplomatic immunity just like
diplomats from states. Indeed the plo del-
egate in Washington Maen Areikat claimed
that the administrations move equates the
plos diplomatic status in the U.S. to that of
Canada and states in Western Europe.
Some in the media have claimed that
this is a symbolic act and essentially mean-
ingless. But this is not true. While this step
does not constitute U.S. recognition of a
Palestinian state in the absence of a peace
treaty between the Palestinians and Israel,
it certainly sends a clear signal that this is
the direction the U.S. is heading. As such,
it represents a dangerous step that will
encourage continued Arab hostility.
To put this move in perspective, it is
worth comparing the plos new status
to that of the U.S.s frm ally and fellow
democracyTaiwan, the Republic of China.
Whereas the plo now has a delegation
general in Washington, Taiwan has the
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representa-
tive Offce.
When asked to comment on the move,
White House spokesman Thomas Vietor
said, This decision refects our confdence
that through direct negotiations, we can
help achieve a two-state solution with an
independent and viable Palestine living side
by side with Israel. We should begin prepar-
ing for that outcome now, as we continue to
work with the Palestinian people on behalf
of a better future.
Any pragmatic analysis of the situation
leads to the clear conclusion that there is
little chance of the Palestinians agreeing to
a settlement anytime soon.
JERUSALEM POST,
CAROLINE GLICK | JULY 26
Chonan, the U.S. and South Korea scheduled joint military exercises for
early June. But America revealed that its reluctance to antagonize China
outweighed its desire to stand up for Seoul when it repeatedly delayed
the exercises. As an eventual compromise, the U.S. decided to hold the
exercises on the east side of South Korea rather than in the Yellow Sea,
as it had originally planned. Washingtons timid approach did not go
unnoticed by South Korea. Stratfor wrote: But what Seoul has seen is
the U.S. hesitation to fulfll what South Koreans perceive to be a basic
and fully justifed request of its closest ally in an importantalbeit
limitedcrisis. Watching the United States fail to honor that request for
fear of inviting some Chinese ire has resonated deeply in the South
Korean psyche as a sign that the American security guarantee is not reli-
able (July 13). No wonder Kim Jong Il is unafraid to threaten nuclear
war when he sees that his bluster will effect no real consequences. The
army and people of the dprK [Democratic Peoples Republic of North
Korea] will legitimately counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence
the largest-ever nuclear war exercises to be staged by the U.S. and the
South Korean puppet forces, North Koreas offcial news agency quoted
a government offcial as saying. The immediate Korean crisis will blow
over, but Seouls distrust of the U.S. will linger and intensify. As the
U.S.s weak will becomes more obvious to South Korea, Seoul will draw
closer to Asian nations, like China, in its search for security.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton invoked a heated response
from Chinese offcials on July 23 when she stated that America might
step in to referee a long-simmering territorial dispute between China
and its smaller neighbors in the South China Sea. Speaking at a forum of
Southeast Asian countries in Vietnam, Mrs. Clinton surprised Beijing by
saying America had a national interest in mediating the dispute over the
Spratly Islands between China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malay-
sia, Taiwan and Indonesia. The islands and surrounding sea foor sup-
posedly contain large oil and gas deposits. Clintons statement may have
evoked an abnormally heated response because she issued it just days be-
fore the U.S.-South Korean joint naval exercises. Although the war games
were offcially aimed at sending a message to North Korea, many in China
feel they were really intended to signal to China that America is still the
dominant naval power in the region. One Chinese academic accuses
America of playing the last card it has to stay relevant to Asian affairs:
military supremacy. America can no longer compete with China economi-
cally, so it is getting desperate to maintain its infuence. State-run news
media described Mrs. Clintons speech as an attack and an effort to limit
Chinese power. Chinas Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi specifcally warned
the U.S. against interfering in the dispute. For now, America holds the
most powerful military cards, and its aircraft carriers allow it to go where
it wants. But as its allies in the region surely recognize, one of the earliest
casualties in a collapsing economy is often a military budget. U.S. power
projection in the Pacifc has peaked. And American friends and foes alike
know iteven if it is still not recognized by the American public.
TELEGRAPH | July 29
russia Gives powers to fsb
T
he russian security service has been given extended powers to
act against people for so-called thought crime under a new law
which opponents say marks a return to Soviet-era policing.
The bill, criticized by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security
Service (fsb) to issue offcial warnings to individuals whose actions are
deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.
Rights groups say the bill would essentially put the special service
above the law and harks back to Soviet times when the much-feared fsb
predecessor Kgb used warnings to persecute dissidents.
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obamas assault on
Marriage
president obamas effort to undermine
marriage as the union of one man and one
woman advanced as an Offce of Personnel
Management (opm) regulation took effect ear-
lier this month. Under the new rules, Uncle
Sam will provide long-term care insurance to
the domestic partners of all federal employ-
ees as if they were partners in true wedlock.
Prior to July 1, only the actual relatives of
bureaucratsa spouse, adult child or par-
entqualifed for the long-term insurance
coverage designed to pay the bills of nursing
home care for the elderly and for stays in an
assisted-living facility for the victim of a de-
bilitating illness. Generally, the federal plan
is meant for older enrollees with an average
age of 56.
Now the administration has extended cov-
erage to any same-sex roommate willing to
sign a declaration of domestic partnership
form. No documentation is required beyond
a signature to enjoy benefts that, according
to the Government Accountability Offce, are
46 percent cheaper than comparable plans
offered in the private sector.
Mr. Obama ordered the policy change in
June 2009 when he instructed all relevant
federal agencies to identify benefts that could
be offered to homosexuals that live together.
The presidents memorandum on the sub-
ject represented a blatant effort to evade the
Defense of Marriage Act. This law, enacted in
1996, prohibits federal regulations from refer-
ring to marriage as anything other than the
union between one man and one woman as
husband and wife and a spouse as anything
other than a person of the opposite sex who
is a husband or a wife.
opm disregarded the clear intent of the law
by establishing a new term, domestic part-
ner, granting to it all the same rights and
privileges that had previously applied to a
spouse. In May, the Congressional Budget
Offce estimated that a similar proposal to
extend federal health benefts to homosexual
partners would cost taxpayers an additional
$400 million over 10 years, or $600 million if
the benefts applied to current retirees. These
fgures assumed that one-third of 1 percent of
federal employees would register as domestic
partners. That estimate was based on the
number of homosexuals who have signed up
for equivalent offerings at the state and local
government level.
If accurate, it would mean the White
House is actively attacking the foundations of
the traditional family to cater to a handful of
extremists.

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The bill had already sailed through the lower and upper houses of
parliament and was today signed into law by the Russian president,
Dmitry Medvedev. The opposition says the fsb security service is al-
ready extremely powerful and empowering it further would contravene
Mr. Medvedevs pledge to liberalize Russia.
In response to protests from human rights activists, lawmakers
earlier removed an amendment allowing the fsb to summon people to
their offces to hand out the warnings and also publish their warnings
in the media.
Earlier this month, Mr. Medvedev launched a staunch defense of the
law, saying its aim was to improve Russian legislation and had been
drawn up on his personal orders. Every country has a right to fne-
tune its legislation, including in respect to special services, he said.
And what is happening todayI would like you to know thathas been
done on my direct instructions.
Under the 2000-2008 presidency of Vladimir Putin, a former Kgb
agent, the fsb dramatically increased its infuence over Russian society.
Human rights activists had hoped his successor Mr. Medvedev, a
lawyer by training without a Kgb past, would put the special services in
check. But Medvedevs critics say the Kremlin chief has promoted only
cosmetic reforms and Russians have not become freer under his rule.
TELEGRAPH | July 26
Chinas new rich
I
t doesnt do nowadays to be an estate agent in the more fashionable
parts of London with no working knowledge of feng shui. Under-
standing that the number four is unlucky in Chinese folklore and
that a staircase sited directly behind the front door is similarly inauspi-
ciousit means luck and prosperity will fow straight out of the house
can be the difference between closing or losing a sale.
The need for feng shui-friendly estate agents is the latest symptom
of Chinas worldwide spending spree, the effects of which are now being
felt in Britain. Be it prime property in London, copper mines in Peru and
Zambia or dairy farms in New Zealand, the Chinese want it. As Western
economies stagnate or contract, that of China continues to grow its way
to global pre-eminence at a rate of about 9 percent per year.
Nowhere is Chinas confdence seen more clearly than in its demand
for luxury goods. Last year the Peoples Republic overtook the United
States to become the second-biggest market for the luxury sector; and
by 2015 it will have overtaken Japan, with a market projected to be
worth 11 billion annually.
Middle-class and affuent Chinese consumers have become the num-
ber-one foreign buyers on Londons high streets, enjoying greater dispos-
able income, a strong yuan and a weak pound, says Ken Grant, managing
director of fdKg, a consultancy specializing in advice on the Far Eastern
luxury market. Chinese high-net-worth consumers want to show they
have money, and items like jewelry are a powerful means of doing so.
There are now 875,000 dollar millionaires in the Communist paradise,
sporting an average age of just 39. They own an average of three cars and
4.4 luxury watches, and suffer no qualms about faunting their wealth.
latin aMerica/aFrica
T
ensions between Venezuela and Colombia have risen this week, as
outgoing Colombian President lvaro Uribe accused Venezuela of
harboring Colombian rebels. Colombia presented photographic
Venezuela: Haven for
terrorists?
venezuelas hugo Chavez sputtered
rage and fury Sunday after Colombia
charged him with harboring terror-
ists. It was about par for a bully whose
nation is going downhill fast. It didnt
get much play in the media, but on
Friday Colombias government laid
out scads of evidencephotographs,
videos, satellite gps coordinates and
computer e-mailsto the Organiza-
tion of American States showing why
its so tough to fght terrorists.
As the world does nothing, Venezu-
ela aids the Colombian narcoterror-
ists known as farc, which is an act of
war. In effect, Chavez looks the other
way as some 1,500 drug-dealing farc
guerrillas use Venezuela as a safe
haven. Colombia wants it stopped.
These facts have been known for
years, so its likely that, as President
Alvaro Uribe prepares to leave offce,
he wants this for the recordperhaps
to build an international court case.
But Uribe also may be trying to warn
the world that narcoterror could spill
over regional borders.
There are 80 easily verifable ter-
rorist camps inside Venezuela, which
the oas declined to investigate. But
besides harboring terrorists and fve
top farc leaders, theres a disturb-
ing sense that farc has penetrated
Venezuelas government at the highest
levelswhich makes Mexicos vicious
war against drug lords look tame by
comparison.
Three Venezuelan offcials desig-
nated by the U.S. Treasury Depart-
ment in 2008 as low-level kingpins
for helping farc have achieved high
positions in Chavezs regime. But
farcs presence is even more wide-
spread in Venezuela than that. For
instance, farc controls 60 percent of
Colombias cocaine trade, and U.S.
offcials say that drug fights out of
Venezuela have never been higher.
farc also kidnaps for ransom.
Thats become common, not just at
the Colombian border, but across the
Venezuelan llano, farmers in Yaracuy
state have told ibd. They say the only
people they can sell land or cattle to
in Chavezs atmosphere of Marxist
expropriation are well-armed farc
thugs, whose land likely wont be
confscated.

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and video evidence before the Organization of American States on July
22 that 1,500 militants and several leaders belonging to the Revolution-
ary Armed Forces of Colombia (farc) were taking refuge in Venezuela.
They called for an international body to monitor the border. Venezuelan
President Hugo Chvez responded by breaking off diplomatic relations
with Colombia, saying Colombias accusations were really American-
inspired aggression. On July 25, Venezuela said it would cut off oil
to the U.S. if Colombia attacks. If there was any armed aggression
against Venezuela from Colombian territory or from anywhere else,
promoted by the Yankee empire, we would suspend oil shipments to
the United States, even if we have to eat stones here, Chvez said. We
would not send a drop more to U.S. refneries. However, Chvez has
made this threat many times before and never followed through.
The African Union (AU) agreed to send 4,000 more troops to join its
peacekeeping force in Somalia. If the extra troops materialize (not all
AU nations make good on their promises), the AU will have over 10,000
soldiers in the country. Uganda, the main contributor to the peacekeep-
ing force, has expanded its troops mandate beyond merely defending
themselves against the rebel group al Shabaab. Following al Shabaabs
attack in Uganda early this month, Uganda has told its soldiers they
can now preemptively attack al Shabaab if they feel the AUs forces are
under threat. Al Shabaab is also gaining strength after a warlord in the
northern part of the country Sheik Mohamed Said Atom allied himself
with the rebel group. More warlords may follow, galvanizing against the
AU and government forces.
anglo-aMerica
O
ne of the fve
longest-serving
members of the
House of Representa-
tives began facing
trial in the Capitol
on Thursday. Rep.
Charles Rangel, 80,
faced charges of a long
string of unethical
actions, including tax
evasions and inap-
propriately using his
congressional offce to
raise money. Rangel
has been a member of the House for 40 years and is only the latest law-
maker to be exposed as corrupt.
msnbc.com reported on Thursday that personal details for 100 mil-
lion users of Facebook have been compiled and published online in a
downloadable fle. An online security consultant, Ron Bowes, used a
code to collect details not hidden by privacy settings and assemble a
directory of personal information that is available online and has been
downloaded by several thousand people. Those people can now access
non-hidden information on the 100 million users, as well as other us-
ers who were friended by them, even if those third parties had their
names hidden on Facebook.
On Wednesday, a federal district judge blocked the most contentious
parts of Arizonas new immigration law, preventing police from asking
suspected illegal aliens for identifcation. The injunction was granted to
the U.S. Deptartment of Justice, which sued Arizona, the state that is at
the epicenter of illegal immigration into America. Gov. Jan Brewer said
she would take the case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and all
JIM WATSON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel speaks to the media
after a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
REAL CLEAR POLITICS,
BILL FREZZA | JULY 26
when do you suppose the citizens of impe-
rial Rome frst realized that their way of life
had tipped into inexorable decline?
A few foresaw the impact of Caesars
usurpation of the rule of law . Many more
sounded the alarm when Romes fscal bal-
ance spiraled out of control, debts multiply-
ing faster than the ability to extract taxes
from a dwindling base of productive citi-
zens. The plebeian masses, accustomed to
bread and circuses, were probably oblivious
until Rome was fnally sacked. Everything
was fne yesterday, how did these barbarians
arrive at our gates?
A strange sign of the times has begun
traversing Americas rural byways. The
sole purpose of this giant machine is to
grind up paved roads leaving behind a trail
of chopped asphalt and gravel. Strapped
county administrators are throwing in the
towel, unable to maintain their road systems
absent the fow of largess cut off from near-
bankrupt state and federal agencies. Instead
of reducing their carbon footprint by driving
ecologically friendly electric cars these
people will soon be riding horses.
Large parts of Detroit are returning to
the wild as abandoned sections of the city
succumb to bulldozers. Homes whose pur-
chases were made possible by an unsustain-
able confux of bloated union wages, liars
loan mortgages, and easy Federal money are
disappearing faster than Barney Frank can
say roll the dice.
The response to these signs of decline?
Our own aspiring Caesar and his phalanx
of facilitators promise more, not less. Free
health care for all! Free cash for not work-
ing! Buy a car, buy a house, get a check!
Bottomless subsidies are being shoveled at
environmental impresarios promising to
save us . Court economists scream that
things will keep getting worse unless we tax,
borrow and spend our way back to prosper-
ity.
The other day while out to dinner with a
number of tech investors and entrepreneurs
the conversation turned to a disturbing
subject. What is your back-up country?
These people werent kidding. Property was
being purchased. Contingency plans were
being made.
What will it take to make most people
realize that the grand American experiment
is tottering on the brink? The destruction of
their life savings? The nationalization of vast
industries? Rome was the peak of civiliza-
tion for a thousand years. Will America fnd
the strength to make it to 300?
When Will the u.s.
Go the Way of rome?
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the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. Watch this situation closely
for its explosive potential to exacerbate racial tensions and social unrest
in the United States.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE | July 27
federal Debt and the risk
of a fiscal Crisis
O
ver the past few years, U.S. government debt held by the public
has grown rapidlyto the point that, compared with the total out-
put of the economy, it is now higher than it has ever been except
during the period around World War ii. The recent increase in debt has
been the result of three sets of factors: an imbalance between federal rev-
enues and spending that predates the recession and the recent turmoil
in fnancial markets, sharply lower revenues and elevated spending that
derive directly from those economic conditions, and the costs of various
federal policies implemented in response to the conditions.
Further increases in federal debt relative to the nations output
(gross domestic product, or gdp) almost certainly lie ahead if current
policies remain in place. The aging of the population and rising costs
for health care will push federal spending, measured as a percentage of
gdp, well above the levels experienced in recent decades. Unless policy-
makers restrain the growth of spending, increase revenues signifcantly
as a share of gdp, or adopt some combination of those two approaches,
growing budget defcits will cause debt to rise to unsupportable levels.
Beyond gradual consequences, a growing level of federal debt
would also increase the probability of a sudden fscal crisis, during which
investors would lose confdence in the governments ability to manage
its budget, and the government would thereby lose its ability to borrow
at affordable rates. It is possible that interest rates would rise gradually
as investors confdence declined, giving legislators advance warning of
the worsening situation and suffcient time to make policy choices that
could avert a crisis. But as other countries experiences show, it is also
possible that investors would lose confdence abruptly and interest rates
on government debt would rise sharply. The exact point at which such a
crisis might occur for the United States is unknown, in part because the
ratio of federal debt to gdp is climbing into unfamiliar territory and in
part because the risk of a crisis is infuenced by a number of other factors,
including the governments long-term budget outlook, its near-term bor-
rowing needs, and the health of the economy. When fscal crises do occur,
they often happen during an economic downturn, which amplifes the
diffculties of adjusting fscal policy in response.
WASHINGTON TIMES | July 28
services aimed at parents
likely to Grow
I
t maY take a village to raise a child, but a lot of the villagers arent
volunteers.
Americas parental outsourcing industry is likely to grow from
$55.8 billion in 2010 to $61.5 billion in 2013, says ibis World, a market-
ing and research company in Los Angeles. The biggest part of the indus-
try is child care, said George Van Horn, a senior analyst with ibis World.
Wanted: a Healthy
and Vibrant
teenager!
one hundred and twenty
teenagers departed this
week from our 17th an-
nual youth camp here in
Edmond, Oklahoma. We
hope these young people
will arrive home mentally
charged and focused, their attitudes and spir-
its refreshed and renewed. We know they will
arrive home utterly exhausted, physically.
Over the past three weeks, these teens
have spent their days mountain biking,
canoeing and practicing archery, as well as
playing basketball, water polo, soccer, soft-
ball, volleyball and fag football. They walked,
and often jogged, between activities, as well
as to breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the
evenings they often engaged in other taxing
activities, including a track and feld event
and camp dances. And if all that activity
wasnt strenuous enough, much of it occurred
in daytime temperatures that hovered in the
mid 90s.
To the teens who participated in all these
activities, God says this three-week display of
physical strength and endurance was glori-
ous and honorable!
You can read His admiration in Prov-
erbs 20:29: The glory of young men is their
strength.
Isnt it interesting that God identifes
explicitly phYsical strength and energY as a
defning and glorious quality of youth? In
Gods mind, being a physically ft and healthy
teenagera young man (or woman) with
strength and agility, someone who is robust
and energeticis a splendid and honorable
accomplishment. Its also a state of being that
God wants all teenagers to experience!
This is why, beyond merely seeking to
make camp fun, we have our teens engage
in so much physically demanding activity.
Together with the high-quality meals and
snacks we feed them, the slew of sports and
outdoor activities serve to improve the overall
physical health and strength of the teens. It
works, too. In virtually every case, teens de-
part camp stronger, ftter and healthier than
when they arrived. Beyond the short-term
goal of improved health, one of the longer-
term goals of our youth camps is to encour-
age the teens to embrace healthy and active
living as a way of lifea lifestYle.
Once embraced, this lifestyle will help
them develop a state of physical health,
strength and vibrancy that God says will be
to their glory and honor!
BRAD MACDONALD | COLUMNIST
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DREAMSTIME
source of revenue: taxpayers. And sadly, as the burden of unproductive,
bloated government grows, the capacity of taxpayers to pay the bills is
progressively degraded.
When the government legislates bills like the Paycheck Fairness Act
which destroys the motivation of employees to excel and the ability of
companies to individually compensate themthe distinction between
capitalist America and the ussr shrinks.
Do we all want to end up like the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
Despite the many faults and shortcomings of capitalism, the ability
to reward by merit (not race or gender) is a fundamental cornerstone
of an economy that has produced the highest standard of living for the
most people that the world has ever seen.
When this system breaksand it is already breakingmillions of
people will be looking for someone to blame. As New York Times col-
umnist David Brooks writes, [L]arge sectors of the population will feel
as if they were subjected to a doomed experiment they did not consent
to. They will feel as if their country has been hijacked by a self-serving
professional class mostly interested in providing for themselves. There
will be plenty of fnger-pointing. But the reality is that Americans
should begin by looking in the mirror.
Americas economic breakdown is the direct result of moral break-
down. Broken lawGods lawis the primary cause of Americas eco-
nomic problems. When Gods law is broken, there is always a negative
effect.
In the Bible, God commands employers to pay workers their due.
Honest wages for honest work. And people should be paid according to
their productivity. A laborer is worthy of his hire.
If all Americans would obey this one law, then there would be no
wage discrimination and there would be no reason for this latest mass
expansion of government at a time when America can least afford it.
EXPERIMENT from page 1
Child-care centers
already generate $22.8
billion in revenue, and as
the nation returns to work,
it should see a 3 percent
annualized growth in
the next three years, he
said. Nanny and baby-
sitting services, another
major sector represent-
ing $16.2 billion, should
see a similar expansion.
Other growth industries
are sports coaching, exam
preparation, tutoring, educational consulting, drivers education and
language instruction.
The termparental outsourcing industryis a new one used by ibis
World, Mr. Van Horn said. With 92.9 million children younger than
21accounting for nearly 30 percent of the U.S. populationthe poten-
tial market for businesses in the parental outsourcing industry is huge,
added Mr. Van Horn.
In fact, the universe of parental outsourcing gets even bigger if busi-
nesses that do household chores, potty training, and taking care of the
elderly are included, according to Entrepreneur Magazine, which in
January listed parental outsourcing as one of its top 10 trends to watch.
But there seems to be no end to professionals willing to be mothers
little helper in any arena, if the price is right: Among the businesses
lined up to assist parents are those to eliminate thumb sucking, offer
batting lessons and teach a child to ride a bike.
There seems to be no end to professionals
willing to be mothers little helper.
one of the best
things You Can Do
for Your son
our children are grow-
ing up in a wired world.
Children ages 8 to 18 spend
an average of 6 hours a
day with media: television,
radio, computers (not in-
cluding schoolwork), music
players and so on. Boys in
particular tend to love the
stuffespecially video games. But studies
prove its hurting them.
As a pediatrician I can tell you that dis-
connecting, or strictly limiting and strictly
supervising your sons access to electronic
media is one of the best things you can do for
his emotional, mental and physical health,
wrote Meg Meeker in Boys Should Be Boys.
Our vigilance in our sons media usage can
help prevent a multitude of problems.
Boys tend to be drawn to media violence
far more than girls, and there is plenty out
thereincreasingly graphic and realis-
ticto infame that appetite. But it is a
trap. Studies show violent media increase
anti-social aggression in boys. Violent video
games in particular desensitize our boys
to human suffering and actually condition
them to kill.
If the medias depictions of masculinity
are brutal and destructive on the one hand,
they are childish and stupid on the other.
The roles between the sexes as God in-
tended are fipped upside-down and twisted
in knotsthen steeped in vulgar, adoles-
cent humor that mostly appeals to childish
males. The greater our sons exposure to
that nonsense, the more ingrained in their
thinking it will become.
Another stealth missile in the media
aimed at our boys is sex. Today, the aver-
age age of a boys frst exposure to pornog-
raphy is 11. And what is available on the
Internet is far worse than ever beforeand
far easier to access. Almost half of boys
between grades 3 and 8 have visited adult
websites. Pornography degrades women es-
pecially. God intends your son to grow up to
be a protector of and provider for women.
If he becomes ensnared by lust, it takes his
mind 180 degrees opposite being able to
successfully fulfll that calling.
Ensuring that our sons model of respon-
sible masculine behavior remains balanced
and realistic requires that we strive to limit
those false images, and provide a good ex-
ample and solid instruction in what is true
and right.

JOEL HILLIKER | COLUMNIST