Western powers have made clear their distrust and dislike of groups like the Nusra Front, which have spearheaded rebel victories, although there has been no indication from the US or anyone else that jihadists would be targeted, he adds.
It also seems clear that distrust in the establishment candidates has gravitated people towards Trump just because he is different.
For the demonstrators, holding signs that read "Stand and Fight" and "Feels like Nazi Germany", made clear their deep distrust of government.
It is fast becoming clear that the distrust in the police that has long existed among urban ethnic minority communities is beginning to spread to other parts of society.
US Vice-President Joe Biden made clear Washington's distrust of the Russians and its determination to "allow Ukraine to defend itself".
On Thursday, residents made clear that they distrusted the security forces, which include Sunnis and Shiites, with some saying they might be collaborating with Sunni militants.
"Little potshots," as Johnson called them, deepen distrust, making clear that any talk of peaceful coexistence is only that -- talk.
Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli Ambassador to Washington, who headed the Israeli delegation during the ill-fated peace talks with Hafez Assad in the mid-nineties, acknowledged that he was aware of the key Syrian intelligence role in the war against Al Qaeda, but he made it clear that Israel's distrust of Syria remains acute.
After the New Hampshire primaries, it was clear that trust and distrust were fueling the fervor behind the voters.
Nonetheless, China does not consider the United States an honest broker in its disputes with Japan, a distrust made clear in a barrage of editorials that greeted Biden in Beijing.
