 The removal of the Assad regime - a long-time goal of jihadis - would allow the country to be infiltrated by Al Qaeda, putting the terrorists within reach, at last, of Israel.Lasting until 2020, it is when an Islamic army and the newly formed caliphate would defeat the non-believers in a global conflict.The caliphate would rule the world, because the rest of the world will be so beaten down by the "one-and-a-half billion Muslims".