When the Office of High Representative was established at the EU's Vienna Summit back in December, 1998, four foreign policy priorities were listed -- Russia, Ukraine, Balkans and the Mediterranean. In other words, whoever held this Office would be authorized to represent the EU member states in these four areas of concern.

And, as I've pointed out before, out of over eleven hundred documents that were generated at Vienna, the document establishing the Office of High Representative was numbered 666.

While the EU heads were meeting in Vienna, the man who was destined to occupy this new EU Office, Javier Solana, was finishing his term as head of NATO. And, looking back, it would appear that Solana was already pursuing the Vienna agenda. He was busy restructuring NATO so Europe could have their own independent security identity. Solana accomplished this by splitting NATO down the middle and creating two separate Strategic Commands, one in Virginia for the US and one in Brussels for Europe.

Not only was Solana already restructuring NATO as per Europe's agenda, he was advancing the EU's foreign policy priority in the Balkans. He had successfully waged a bombing campaign against Serbia that led to NATO peacekeeping forces on the ground. Later, NATO would turn over the peacekeeping mission to EU forces.

As you can see, a pattern is emerging. It appears certain leaders in Europe may wish to use NATO assets to pursue their own imperial agenda. Starting in the Balkans, these EU leaders are pursuing a policy of using NATO forces to conquer and EU forces to occupy.

Now that the Balkans are under their control, these same EU leaders are turning to their Mediterranean agenda. According to this report,  if asked, NATO's new head, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is prepared to send  NATO forces to help enforce the recent Israeli/Palestinian cease fire agreement Read about it here.

But, upon closer examination, we find there's a little more to this story. It appears Germany is also calling for a complete over-haul of NATO. Not being satisfied with using NATO to achieve their regional agenda, Germany wants to now use NATO to address the EU's global agenda as well -- their so-called "grand design." Read about it here

What is their grand design? If you recall, Solana's new security doctrine for the EU not only calls for establishing peace and stability in their surrounding neighborhood, it calls for the establishment of a new international order. That, my friend, is Germany's grand design.

According to this report, the current Bush Administration isn't going along with the idea Read about it here. However, as far as Bible prophecy is concerned, end-time events are moving at an ever-increasing speed. And, prophecy suggests Germany's grand design may not be far away.

The annual NATO summit at Munich is less than two weeks away. Last year, the EU heads got exactly what they wanted -- an OK from the Bush Administration for their own, independent military command structure. So, it's possible they will again.

Stay tuned!