Last year the German government trade and investment elites attended 64 international trade shows. This year they are focusing particular attention upon China, Japan and other Asian markets. Their actions are in cooperation with international German Chambers of Commerce.

The United States ranks number one in German foreign direct investment (fdi) projects, with 133 established in Germany in 2012. A total of 854 fdi projects were initiated in Germany, generating 3,032 new jobs.

Germany is the fourth-largest investor in the U.S., with German companies employing close to 570,000 American workers. In 2010, German businesses accounted for 11 percent of in-sourced jobs, with almost half of those jobs being in the manufacturing sector. As such, German influence in American industry policy has increased. Germany’s presence in the country’s most powerful markets such as New York, California, Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania reinforces the strength of its economic prowess. German-generated jobs across the U.S. expand the reach of Europe’s most dominant economy in a flagging, spendthrift governing administration amid a highly vulnerable economic climate.

Since World War ii, Germany’s economic ties with the U.S. have grown to the point where today over 100,000 Americans reside, are educated or employed in Germany. With over 40 million locals speaking English, it comes as no surprise that last year almost 2 million U.S. tourists visited Europe’s most prosperous country. Across the country, Americans also work in such fields as science, IT, education, finance and media.

For those relocating, the majority chose to live amid the beauty and prosperity of Bavaria. The U.S. has established more than 50 schools in the country. In addition, there are 30 international schools spread within its borders. The number of students choosing Germany for their higher education grew by 27 percent between 2006 and 2010.

So what’s so bad about this economic love affair? The pages of history are replete with examples of Germany’s nationalistic vulnerabilities, tendencies and proclivities. It wasn’t that long ago that that nation held the world by its throat and Adolf Hitler’s vision of a thousand-year Reich lay before humanity.

Over six decades ago, in February 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt put their signatures to a joint document stating, “It is our inflexible purpose to destroy German militarism and Nazism and to ensure that Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world. We are determined to disarm and disband all German armed forces, break up for all time the German General Staff that has repeatedly contrived the resurgence of German militarism; remove or destroy all German military equipment; eliminate or control all German industry that could be used for military production. … It is not our purpose to destroy the people of Germany, but only when Nazism and militarism have been extirpated will there be hope for a decent life for Germans and a place for them in the community of nations.”

The Trumpet has repeatedly drawn attention to the clear and present danger of today’s reversal of this avowed policy of the past. Has Germany’s military been disbanded and disarmed, and its armament industry ceased production? Just the opposite. Today, Germany is a world leader in arms production, sales, support and usage. It ranks behind only its prior subjugators the U.S and Russia. Its troops are deployed in Europe, Africa, the Mideast and Asia.

Editor in chief Gerald Flurry has drawn specific attention to the biblical whirlwind prophecy detailing the explosion of German armaments proliferation and Germany’s surrounding of Islamist countries in fulfillment of Bible prophecy (Daniel 11:40).

Economically, Europe’s most powerful nation has already disturbed the peace of the continent and the world through its ferocious fiscal influence on the euro and the financial mastering of its southern and eastern neighbors (Daniel 8:9). Recent overtures from Washington to Berlin to establish a greater economic partnership between the two reveal America’s vulnerability, weak leadership and economic desperation, amid Germany’s ascendancy and opportunism (Ezekiel 23:1-7).

Your Bible prophesies the fatal end of this attraction with, believe it or not, German subjugation of America (Ezekiel 23:8). For a fuller understanding of God’s end-time prophecies related to the U.S. and Germany, request The United States and Britain in Prophecy and Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. The message and warning in these publications is one that you and your loved ones cannot afford to ignore.

A recent release from German-Foreign-Policy.com reveals the following: “The German Army has set in operation a new command structure for worldwide war operations. The ‘Multinational Commando Operative Command,’ based in Baden Württemberg’s Ulm, shall guide the organization of the EU Battlegroups. According to their own statement they are prepared for ‘every imaginable mission’ in an intervention area of up to 6,000 kilometers distance—including the use of ‘highly intensive’ force” (August 8; translation ours).

That should send shivers up the spine of old diehards who remember the last time that Germany prepared for the use of “highly-intensive force” in “worldwide war operations.”

The German-Foreign-Policy.com release continues, “The Battlegroups are being trained regularly within the framework of special forces maneuvers. Their agenda includes support of parties involved in civil war ….”

To the generations blinded to the historic reality of past German aspirations for imperial power by half a century of miseducation and revisionist history, such a startling revelation of this latest Bundeswehr restructuring will mean nothing. To students of Bible prophecy it has most profound meaning.

You need to read our booklet Nahum—An End-Time Prophecy for Germany to fully understand the impact of this latest imperialist move by German elites. It is a good primer for further study of this subject using our booklet Germany and the Holy Roman Empire.

We will provide more detail on the significance of the Bundeswehr’s new command structure as further details come to light.

In the meantime, as the September German federal elections approach, we continue to declare, “Watch Germany!” That nation is prophesied to soon have a powerful effect on this planet through a third and final effort at gaining global power by “worldwide war operations.” The German-Foreign-Policy.com report indicates the recent restructure of the Bundeswehr brings that prospect one more significant step closer!

Chicago: the windy city. As one of the landmark cities of America, it is known for its deep-dish pizza, iconic sports teams and unique accents. But there’s one other thing Chicago is quickly becoming known for: Mexican drug cartels.

In Chicago, cartels are becoming so prevalent that officials say it’s starting to look like Texas. Jack Riley, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago office, warned, “People think, ‘The border’s 1,700 miles away. This isn’t our problem.’ Well, it is. These days, we operate as if Chicago is on the border.” The city recently named one of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords the city’s public enemy number one, even though the man has never set foot inside Chicago.

Chicago is just one of the many American cities plagued by the influx of the cartels. As many as 1,286 cities in America are reported to have some kind of cartel presence. In the past, Mexican cartels were content to make deals with American drug runners, saving them the danger of having to traffic the drugs themselves. But a study by the Associated Press found that cartels are starting to send their own agents into America to oversee drug operations because they’ve become so massive.

The drug market in America continues to be lucrative, drawing more drug cartels across the border. Last year, drug cartels made $64 billion from their sales in the United States. The National Football League, the most profitable sports league in America, only made $9.5 billion.

While the Republicans and Democrats wrangle over border security with the upcoming immigration bill, Mexico’s drug cartels are not waiting for a decision. Across America, more and more Mexican cartels are surfacing. According to the National Post, only 12 states haven’t reported the presence of one of the four Mexican cartels: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Even states that don’t typically see much drug activity are seeing an uptick. In May, law enforcement officials in Oregon foiled a drug operation run by a Mexican cartel. Twenty-three homes were raided and 38 people were arrested in what was the largest drug bust in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Justice Communications director, Jeff Manning, told reporters, “There is a clear connection to Mexican cartels, and this narcotics ring was an active dealing operation on a scale we have not seen previously in Oregon.”

With increased cartel presence comes increased violence. AP reported that in Chicago, “street-gang disputes over turf account for most of the city’s uptick in murders last year, when slayings topped 500 for the first time since 2008.” While the cartels aren’t the ones engaged in the territorial wars, their drugs are fueling a lot of them. Cartel hit men are also becoming a growing problem. A recently apprehended Mexican cartel member confessed to killing 30 individuals on U.S. soil.

But it isn’t just cartel members who are acting as hit men. Cartels are now working to recruit U.S. soldiers. Not only are the soldiers effective assassins, but cartels are also interested in soldiers sharing their skills with cartel members in Mexico. Ex-Lt. Kevin Corley, charged last September for conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire for the Los Zetas Cartel, admitted that he told his contact he could provide military training for members of the cartel and purchase or steal weapons for them. Also, an increasing number of U.S.-based gang members are entering the U.S. military. As of April 2011, the fbi National Gang Intelligence Center reported that at least 53 gangs have members who serve in or are affiliated with the U.S. military.

As more and more cartels infiltrate America, many fear that the U.S. will become the next Mexico. When the cartels first began to establish themselves, Mexican authorities failed to dislodge them from their country. They “didn’t nip the problem in the bud,” said Jack Killorin, head of an anti-trafficking program in Atlanta for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. “And see where they are now.” If America too fails to “nip the problem in the bud,” it faces becoming the next Mexico.

The U.S. has tried desperately to stem the flow of drugs into the country through tougher laws and tighter security. But nothing has worked. Why? While America looks to limit the flow of drugs through tighter border control, it fails to realize that this is not the real issue.

The reality that America refuses to admit is that it is hooked. America loves its drugs. Society idolizes them. Time and time again you hear about a movie star or a politician being involved with some kind of drug. High schools and colleges are rife with them. Today it’s normal to use illegal drugs “socially.” As long as this problem persists, so will the cartels.

America’s addiction to drugs has already caused Mexico to fall to the cartels. Ignorant of what their habit costs, Americans continue to selfishly consume billions of dollars’ worth of drugs at the expense of thousands of individuals whose lives are wrecked serving drug lords or by getting caught in the crossfire of drug wars. Now those problems are starting to get closer to home. As cartels strengthen their presence in America, everyone will begin to feel the effects.

As Trumpet columnist Brad Macdonald wrote last year,

The government can throw trillions of dollars at the problem, but America’s desire for drugs will never be quenched as long as its culture considers drug use trendy and sophisticated!Most importantly, America’s cultural acceptance of illicit drugs is a function of its overall rejection of absolute law and morality. …For most Americans, recreational drug use simply isn’t morally or spiritually wrong.

As long as society’s “do what feels good” mentality remains, America will never truly solve the problem of cartel thugs invading the streets. And that mentality won’t be changed by implementing tougher drug laws.

Man has tried with thousands of laws to control human nature. But human nature is naturally selfish. That is what your Bible teaches. But that selfishness––the root of so many of the world’s problems––isn’t going to be around much longer. At Christ’s return, man’s innately selfish nature will begin to be changed. At that time, man will be taught the right way to live; the right way to bring peace to the streets. Man can’t have that now because he has rejected the one thing that will bring about this kind of peace: God’s law. It is only when that law is enforced that America’s, and the world’s, drug problem––and all problems for that matter––will be solved.

Be sure to read the article “Beheading Mexico” to understand the terrifying reality that will undoubtedly spread to America from the growing number of cartels reaching into the country. But also read The Wonderful World Tomorrow for the exciting, peace-filled reality that is about to come to this Earth.

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While the warning about the potential for cyberattacks against America may sound like a broken record, security officials are saying it’s time people sat up and paid attention. Security experts are admitting how easily cyber terrorists could decimate infrastructure in the United States.

Despite continued encouragement and even an executive order from the federal government for companies to upgrade their existing security systems, many of America’s key infrastructure controls are still easily accessible. Because of how reliant companies are on the Internet, it doesn’t take much to find one of these systems. A study released at the start of this year found about 7,200 IP addresses that are “directly related to control systems” within the United States. A different study found that American water-control systems could be found online with a simple Google search.

Alan Roberson, director of federal relations at the American Water Works Association, says most American utility companies “are aware that they need to separate their control systems from the Internet … but we still don’t know how many have done that, and how many vulnerabilities are left.”

Experts fear that should hackers ever breach these systems, they could cause catastrophic damage. So far, the major cyberattacks against America have been limited to stealing information, not attempting to sabotage America’s infrastructure. But some wonder how long it will be before someone does some serious damage. “I know somebody’s coming. At some point in time, somebody’s coming at me,” said Scott Saunders, information security officer for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. “It’s going to happen.” Now the concern is how to limit the effect of a cyberattack, not how to prevent it.

No matter what the system, experts say it can be hacked. Tim Simonite of MIT Tech Review warned that one of the sensors “used to monitor oil, water, nuclear, and natural gas infrastructure” can be hacked into with “a relatively cheap 40-mile-range radio transmitter.”

America’s port systems are also at risk of being hacked. SecurityInfoWatch.com reported that “No cybersecurity standards have been promulgated for U.S. ports, nor has the U.S. Coast Guard, the lead federal agency for maritime security, been granted cybersecurity authorities to regulate ports or other areas of maritime critical infrastructure.” A recent policy paper released by the Brookings Institute found that of the six major ports it studied, only one had conducted a cybersecurity vulnerability assessment, and none had developed a cyber incident response plan.

Already, America’s infrastructure is under attack. A report by Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Henry Waxman earlier this year highlighted the threat. According to the lawmakers’ analysis, one power utility said it already fields 10,000 attempted attacks every month. Rep. James Lankford said at an Edmond Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on April 4, “We are at war.” He went on to say that much of America’s infrastructure has already been compromised and that sleeper codes had already been put in place, just waiting until they needed to be turned on. He said several times, “I’m really giving you a downer today. This is a lot of bad news, and I’m sorry I can’t bring you something positive.”

Representative Lankford is not alone in his analysis of the threat to America. Security experts are becoming quite fearful of what could happen to America. Kyle Wilhoit, a programmer for cybersecurity company Trend Micro, warned that “compromising a real water system would be very easy.” Prof. Peter Ludlow, an Internet culture expert and professor of philosophy at Northwestern University, said, “I don’t even want to think about the worst-case scenario; it could get real ugly.”

The general consensus is that America’s increasing reliance on technology is putting it at greater and greater risk of attack. While many over the past few years have begun to realize the dangers of such reliance, the Trumpet has been at the forefront of sounding the alarm. Since 1995, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has warned that reliance on technology was America’s “Achilles’ heel.” In the January 1995 issue, he wrote,

Now let’s look at an alarming scripture: “They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof” (Ezekiel 7:14). The trumpet of war was blown in Israel—mainly America and Britain. It seems everybody was expecting our people to go into battle. But the greatest tragedy imaginable occurred! Nobody went to battle—even though the trumpet was blown! Will it be because of a computer terrorist?

This is something that involves you personally. Will America be attacked? Be sure to read “America’s Achilles’ Heel” to understand what’s coming and who will be responsible for these kinds of attacks.