This is what this non-expert of the Middle East wants to do with Syria

"American as well as Saudi, Turkish, British, Jordanian and other Arab forces would act in support, not only from the air but also eventually with special forces and trainers on the ground. This military concept has much in common with the path suggested this week in congressional testimony by retired Army general David Petraeus." "The goal might be a confederal Syria, with several highly autonomous zones"