"Go big in Syria!"

 [Great idea, from Jonathan Teppereman, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine.]

"... start a serious military operation to topple the government.

This would mean a Libya-style coalition air campaign but shouldn’t require many boots on the ground. Western air power could make short work of Mr. Assad’s army: though often described as formidable, the Syrian military is having trouble completely suppressing the rebels and could never withstand a sustained outside onslaught. After all, Saddam Hussein’s much feared and much bigger army dissolved quickly in the face of American firepower...."