Think Tank Reports ISIS Is Falling Apart: ‘May Actually Lead to More Terrorist Attacks Across the Globe’

It’s difficult to quantify how much of an effect ISIS has had our collective psyches. Since this organization started making the news several years ago, we’ve been inundated with utterly horrifying stories about ISIS on a nearly daily basis. These people do things that are so wicked, it’s hard to believe that they were committed by human beings. Because of that, I suspect that long after ISIS is gone, their organization will be a talking point for decades in much the same way that Hitler and the Nazis are still brought up on a regular basis today.
Fortunately, it appears that ISIS is becoming history as we speak. All evidence suggests that the moment of collapse for the ISIS caliphate is rapidly approaching. In fact, the RAND Corporation recently published a report that spells out just how much ISIS has declined over the past few years.
The report found that ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, ‘has lost substantial control of territory and people since 2014 in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya and Nigeria,’ putting it in danger of losing its state, which it calls a ‘caliphate,’ altogether.
But control over territory and people isn’t the only thing that makes ISIS a formidable terrorist organization. The group has recently been focusing heavily on external attacks, some of which are mounted without any direct orders from ISIS leaders.

This post was published at shtfplan on April 25th, 2017.