BTW, from what I can tell, the Al Qaeda / ISIS stuff looks (to me) like it's becoming more African. They have a lot to feast on in the Sahel, but what I expect from this new guy Sharaa in Syria is a more conservative "business Islam" (the Islam of businessmen, entrepreneurs, and traders) that's quite compatible with the U.S. and the Gulfies, and that will absorb and dilute the hardcore Islamic currents that are rolling around the country.