The forthcomming battle, what will be in the Middle East after the present battle

Those Muslims who want to apply the traditional rules from the books of Islamic law are out for power. They want to rule in the place of existing regimes. However, Middle Eastern governments have not only used force in the battle against the fundamentalists previously ( as they are now against everyone else); they have also used diplomatic means, and by all sorts of concessions have been able to win over many who might otherwise have succumbed to the seductive clarity's of Islamic Fundamentalism. This resulted in parts of society and states being Islamised, which can be seen in many Middle Eastern totalitarian states, where Islam has a far larger role today than it did even ten or twenty years ago.  This development can allow us to argue that what is at stake in these failing states , is the  Islamisation of the modern nation State. This Islamisation, whatever it may mean in practice, will be inevitable as the conflict de-escalates into a societal upheaval. Once the space opens for Islamic groups to participate in governmental areas and society at large then it will be seen that the transition to an Islamic form of governance will be inevitable.

It will be the average Muslim who will pay the price, as the small bands of Fundamentalists, who have degenerated into a primitive rebellion against society, will enact their beliefs, they will bring greater verve to the battle, the average citizen who has fought against the regime will be tired and unable to respond a second time. It will be a classic counter revolution, see Iran for example in 1979.  The desire for murder and violence received its theological framework from Sayyid Qutb. He died with a smile on his lips. the time will come soon, when the Muslims of the Middle
East who are not willing to die smiling will have to decide whether it is worthwhile to die fighting in order to forgo the privilege of being killed by men who are ready to die smiling.