Why is there a conspiracy to bleed America dry according to this teaching?
The teaching claims America is being bled dry to enhance the revival of the ancient Roman Empire, identified as the ten nations of the European community. It points to the post-World War II Marshall Plan rebuilding Europe with American dollars, industry moving to Japan and Mexico, foreign oil dependence, and the collapse of steel as evidence of an end-time conspiracy.
Les explains that ever since World War II, when America had utterly demolished its enemies, the Marshall Plan came on the scene and Europe was rebuilt with American dollars. Since then, industry has been leaving, oil comes from foreign suppliers despite abundant domestic resources, and the steel business has almost gone to nothing. He says the best word he can find is a conspiracy to bleed America dry, all to enhance the revival of the ancient Roman Empire, or the ten nations of the European community. This is all in the end-time picture. In this revived Roman Empire, the United States of Europe, a leader will come—this man, this human—who is the other aspect of the beast, so the terms are almost used synonymously. Then verse 4 says the whole world worshipped the dragon, or Satan, who gave power to the beast, that is, to the man antichrist, as well as to the empire over which he is ruling.