Islamist Rule of Syria a Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Amanda Paul for Today’s Zaman (Turkey):

this ongoing violence from the security apparatus will only serve to evoke an equally violent response from the Sunni majority in Syria. As moderates rarely lead such violent movements, it can be expected that extremists will. Thus those who say that we should not pressure Syria because the successor to Assad may be an extremist Sunni regime are offering a self-fulfilling prophecy

Bingo.