They're very unlikely to get democracy. None of the major players want democracy and are not calling for it. There are tons of people who would like to see democracy in Syria, but they don't have any guns and they don't have political representation that can bring them there today.
As I started out on this, I think that Syria is so deeply divided, the distrust is tremendous. People cling to the coattails of those who can defend them. We see this in the Kurdish region; we see this among the Alawites, the Christians clinging to Assad. I think the Sunnis are doing the same thing today with their militia leaders, many of whom are very undemocratic and unlikely to become democrats.
So I don't see this happening. I think that if you destroy the Assad regime, you are going to be in for years of real militia chaos in Syria. That's the problem. America has no good options today. We're not going to occupy Syria and develop a central government the way we did in Iraq. The only reason Iraq has a central government today is that America suppressed and disarmed all the other militias and built up a state. That's not going to happen in Syria, which is why the recipe for this “Somaliazation” is very high, as we see in the rebel-held regions. Rebels have been fighting among themselves in the last few months and many have been killed. I don't think that's going to stop any time soon.