Alabama’s got the bomb … who’s next?(Tom Lehrer, 1960s)The news concerning WMDs, and in particular nuclear weapons, that has been coming out of the Middle East and South Asia, especially the Indian sub-continent, is as alarming and as depressing as any that has arrived on our breakfast table for a very long time.Pakistan announced that its chief nuclear scientist had been selling nuclear wherewithal to “her partners” Libya, Iran and North Korea, and touring many countries to advise on how best…
