The quest to prevent Iran from going nuclear, and pretending that it matters

For what seems like the fifth time (maybe because it is the fifth time) since the groups inception, the willful recipients of the terror-cell-turned-charity Islamic State have claimed ‘finders-keepers’ on U.S.-donated weapons.

This time, however, members of the radical departure from Islam — so disjointed that its sympathizers attack countries that support their own cause — allegedly scrounged enough scrap rare-earth materials to fashion a weapon of mass destruction.

“This is really worrying them,” Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bisop, said in an interview [with The Australian]. “When [ISIS] swept across territory in Syria and Iraq, she said, “the insurgents did not just clear out the cash from local banks” (The Independent).