On New Year’s Day, a confused, disgruntled and indebted veteran drove into a crowd of joyful celebrants in New Orleans, killing 14 and injuring 35 more.
At its height, it was the wealthiest terrorist organization in modern history.
Today, while the ISIS caliphate is gone, the group has cells and affiliates scattered across Africa, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan and Syria.
But the twisted heart of the utopia ISIS was trying to build, and all that it claimed to offer, no longer exists.
So why would the group’s extreme ideology — rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims — appeal to a down-on-his-luck American veteran, five years after the caliphate’s fall?
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New Orleans, Islamic State, Britain, Africa, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, Syria, Russia, Iran