One thing we know about president George Bush is he's not always right. In fact, many in his own party perceive the Bush Administration as making one mistake after another. This morning we had another example. President Bush held a joint press conference with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in an attempt to prevent further damage to US/Pakastani relations caused by some ill-advised words from a former member of his team Read about it here.

This is evidently not the case with the EU's Javier Solana. If you recall, Solana held a joint news conference with the Israeli Foreign Minister shortly after the beginning of the Israeli/Lebanon war. During the news conference Solana said Israel should consider the reaction to their bombing of Lebanese cities in the Islamic streets. He said the war against terror should be understood as a battle for hearts and minds. It's looking like Solana may have been right. This morning I read a report that said:

According to the Citizen (not available online), a Hezbollah “victory rally” is expected to be held in Beirut today, and the militant group expects “hundreds of thousands” to attend. If that proves to be the case, then the Israeli-Hezbollah war will have proven itself to have been not just a tactical mistake, but a major political one as well—one that could severely set back any hope of peace and stability in the region for years to come Read it here.

Of course, we students of prophecy know that a short time of peace may be soon coming. Yet, if a time of peace comes, it will once again appear to many that Solana's strategies have been right. If peace is achieved in the Middle East it will most likely be partly because of Solana's foresight and his 1995 Euro-Mediterranean Partnership For Peace and the so-called "Barcelona Process" Read about it here.

Notice in the above paragraph I said, "it will once again appear." That's because, as I said before, the Bible tells us that in the time of the end Israel will enter into a covenant with many that will be broken only 3 1/2 years later. And, after the peace agreement is broken, a great time of distress for the Jewish nation and God's people will follow (Daniel 9:27).

Friends, if the EU's Euro-Mediterranean Partnership agreement is the foretold covenant with many and if the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument is the covenant's seven-year confirming process, the world may be on brink of Daniel's 70th week.

And, one thing we know about the Bible; its always right.