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  That is certainly possible, Alex. The Syrian opposition is highly fragmented and many of the groups which comprise it are worse than Assad. The only style of government that works in the Middle East is that of a dictatorship juggling to control the various opposition groups. Some are benign dictatorships, (Jordan, Oman) but many are ruthless like Saddam and Hafez al-Assad. Bashar was plan B to succeed his father, his elder brother having been groomed for the role for many years only to predecease his father in a car crash. He was dragged back unwillingly from a career as an optician in West London. From the start he has been regarded as weak both by the rebels and by his own generals. Bashar is not really in control but a puppet president.
  
  Don't be fooled into thinking that any of the rebels want democracy. Each group is fighting to gain control of the levers of power.

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