As the struggle for Mosul nears a climax Professor Paul Rogers has an article sub-titled:
The caliphate is besieged. But ISIS can take heart from global trends working in its favour.

(Shortly after) the much broader question of whether ISIS, its offshoots and like-minded extreme movements – whether these are rooted in religious, political, nationalist or ethnic identities – may develop further, and even coalesce into broad “revolts from the margins”.

(Later) In short, there are many tens of millions of young, educated and knowledgeable people across the Middle East, Africa and Asia who have grounds to see the world from an entirely different perspective to leaderships and elites in the global north.
Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/paul-r...term-prospect?

So if you were an investor in mayhem where would you invest?

"Whackamole" hardly seems appropriate.