The US should just back off a bit, keep forces in the area, and see what happens.
The goal of any SANE Potus in this situation would be STABILITY and Law and Order. This would stem the flow of refugees and allow those now in Europe to return home.
It also places state actors in the seat of any fire that comes across the Golan.
What I cannot understand is why Putin is taking this action when it so closely parallels US and Israeli interests.
This doesn't parallel US interests at all (at least not Obama's interests). Obama wants to remove secular leaders throughout the region and install a radical Muslim caliphate. That's why he tried to get the Muslim Brotherhood firmly in place in Egypt, that's why he took our Gaddafi in Libya and that's why he's supporting radicals against Assad.