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Highlights:
Will Germany side with Russia against America?
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speculated that his nation would end its sanctions on Russia, which are up for renewal in July.About those sanctions, George Friedman wrote for Geopolitical Futures: “Since the Russians have not capitulated to sanctions to this point, it is unlikely that they will. Therefore, it is in Germany’s interest to defuse the confrontation with Russia, and to do that, they must at least loosen the sanctions or ultimately eliminate them.”While America continues to support sanctions, Germany may lead Europe against them—for a number of strategic reasons. This could create a break between Berlin and Washington.For more on what this kind of break with America could look like, read Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry’s article “The Armies of Armageddon.”Japanese up in arms over U.S. military presence
More than 2,000 people in the Japanese island of Okinawa assembled to protest the presence of the United States military on the island.This wave of anti-American sentiment in the nation was generated by news last month of the rape and murder of a 20-year-old Japanese woman by a former U.S. marine.Some of the protesters held placards saying, “Never forgive marine’s rape,” “We don’t accept U.S. bases,” “You killers, Go Home,” “Get out of Okinawa,” and “Withdraw all the U.S. forces from Okinawa.”Who will replace the U.S. military in Japan?Libya, the Islamic State and Europe
In an interview with France 24, German diplomat and United Nations special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler called on Libyans to unite and fight against the Islamic State instead of fighting each other.Unfortunately, Libya is still divided and the Islamic State is expanding in Libya—even as it’s losing ground in Iraq and Syria, as a United Nations report noted.In Libya, the Islamic State is on Europe’s doorstep, and it’s set to exploit migrant smuggling networks in North Africa into Europe.
cnn noted that “the prospect of such an influx is a nightmare for Europe.” For more, read “The Next War in Libya.”Iraq continues to fall to Iran
Prof. Mohamad Bazzi explained that the recent battle in Fallujah, Iraq, is merely “the latest example of how Washington has looked the other way as Iran deepened its military involvement in Iraq over the past two years.”“Tehran has more influence on [Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s] focus, whether on Fallujah or anywhere else, than Moscow, Washington and Ankara combined,” a former U.S. commander with extensive Iraqi experience said.For two decades, the Trumpet has explained why and howIraq would fall to Iran.What the U.S. militia movement doesn’t understand
One militia movement affiliate, David Riden, explained to Mother Jones news organization that the U.S. government is “way off away from the Constitution.”But one major, critical point that he (and others like him) fails to understand is that America has abandoned the Constitution because a majority of the people no longer love the principles outlined in it.Founding Father and former President John Adams wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”Other news:
China said Wednesday that it might set up an Air Defense Identification Zone in the South China Sea in an effort to combat the aggression of the United States.In a report for War Is Boring, David Majumdar reveals that despite the trillions of dollars that America throws at its military, only one in three U.S. Navy fighter jets is ready for combat.The United Kingdom may be unable to defend its borders from illegal immigrants, as it has delegated practically all such responsibilities to a newly established European Union Naval Force.A new bill in Congress is set to demand that the Obama administration explain whether it paid Iran a $1.7 billion settlement as a ransom payment for American sailors. The Obama administration says the timing was merely coincidental.Get more details on these stories and more by subscribing to the Trumpet Weekly!
