Al-Jolani’s rise to power with the help of the Western world showed the jihadists of ISIS, HTS, al-Qaeda one thing: shave your unkempt beard and wear an official uniform and no one will hold back or stop you. Massacre civilians? Tick. Kidnap women and girls with impunity? Tick. Eradicate minorities? Tick. Torture and disappear people? Tick. Receive massive arsenals of heavy weaponry from western states at a discounted price to kill and rape and terrorise civilians? Tick!