The consequences of elevating the Al-Qaeda terrorist Jolani to the head of state in Syria were evident from the beginning.
What has followed his promotion from a non-state proxy to the President of Syria by the United States and its regional allies has been a humanitarian disaster.
Syria in the last year has witnessed ethnic cleansing, pogroms, state enforced religious discrimination, and internal instability. And now with ISIS prisoners being freed the spread of terrorism in the region is a high possibility.
Jolani's attacks against the Alawites, Druze, and the Kurds are a precursor of what's to come for Syria's southern and eastern neighbours.
Jolani and his gangs don't want to be occupied with Kurdistan for too long, that's more of a Turkish project, his real aim is to take his army to Iraq and Lebanon.
Just as Turkey is using his army to fight the Kurds, Washington and Israel are hoping he will do their bidding by fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Shiites in Iraq. And he doesn't have to be goaded too much because his natural instincts and sympathies will lead him in that direction.
Syria in his hands is a weapon, not a nation.
Much like the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria is being transformed into a Jihadi state. Its support for regional terrorism will expand. It will become a hub of arms, human, and drug trafficking. And its neighbours will pay the price.
