It appears Britain is campaigning for the award for the world’s most credulous nation.

In a letter released June 26, Britain said it would seek UN Security Council action if Libya is attacked with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. Britain also committed to strengthening Libya’s defense capabilities.

The letter was signed by British junior foreign minister Kim Howells and Libyan Secretary for European Affairs Abdullati Obidi during a three-day visit to Libya by Howells. Howells said, “This marks Libya’s historic decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction, and demonstrates the strong relations between the UK and Libya.”

In 2003, Libya renounced its wmd, and according to Howells, this new military cooperation agreement “will serve as an example to other states that there is a route back into the international community and the advantages of Libya’s wmd decision.”

This agreement takes the recent courting of Libya by the United States and Britain to a new level. When Libyan strongman Muammar Qadhafi agreed in 2003 to abandon his nation’s quest for nuclear weapons, a rapid thawing of icy relations with Anglo-America commenced. The trouble is, even as the present U.S. administration touts the benefits of spreading democracy, initiatives such as Britain’s offer to now build Libya’s defenses serve not only to legitimize and strengthen the grip of the Qadhafi dictatorship on his country—but in this case, they also militarily build up a nation that could easily revert to form and turn against the West.

Biblical prophecy reveals Libya’s future and exposes the sham nature of this latest agreement with Britain. Though Qadhafi’s Libya currently seeks refuge via a northern alliance, it is going to end up being a victim of the rising European combine (Daniel 11:40, 43). This prophecy in Daniel 11 is about a clash between the Holy Roman Empire (“the king of the north”) and a Middle Eastern confederation welded together by radical Islam and led by Iran (“the king of the south”).

Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote in May, “Look for Libya to become more aligned with Iran in the near future. It gave up its weapons of mass destruction, as it leaned toward the West. But that foreign policy is going to change.”