Nigeria, March 9 -- To expand a stockpile of both the useless and the mindlessly murderous in a military sense would seem to be a wasteful exercise best contemplated in the psychiatric ward. But such a ward is increasingly occupied by the world's leaders, and war is on their lost minds. As Israel and the United States continue their crime of aggression against Iran, other countries are looking at what they have in their inventories. The eyes of militarists are sparkling with anticipation, notably regarding nuclear weapons.

France, which sees itself as one of the eminent nuclear powers, albeit in fourth place behind Russia, the United States, and China, is keen to push up the numbers. The wiser thing, surely, would be to discourage the a...