If you've been reading my commentaries, you know why I've been watching this German election so closely. In my last commentary I said:

It may be possible the EU's so-called "big three," the UK's Tony Blair, France's Jacques Chirac and Germany's Gerhard Schroeder, could become the three horns that Bible prophecy says are destined to be pulled Read full commentary here.

Later in my commentary I explained why I thought this. I said:

Since the EU became 25 nations in 2004, the EU's big three -- the UK's Blair, France's Chirac and Germany's Schroeder -- have formed a directorate in order to protect their interests and control the EU's foreign and security policy. Yet, as I said before, since 1999, the EU's foreign and security policy was to be under the controlled of Solana, not the EU's big three. And, all three of these big three leaders were already on the scene in 1999 when Solana first appeared. They were, and still are, also members of the 10-nation alliance.

Schroder's challenger, Angela Merkel, expected to easily win with plenty of votes left over for the creation of a new government with her sitting as Germany's first woman Chancellor. When the votes were counted, Merkel was handed what could be described as an unloaded gun. And, to make matters worse, her rival in the election, Schroder, may be holding all the bullets Read about it here.

So, will Schroder come back from political death? Will he rise again to rule over Germany? I don't know. But, there is one thing that I do know. If Schroder does find a way to stay in power, I'm going to keep my eyes glued to the so-called "EU big three" -- big time!

Stay tuned!