Antony Blinken actually said...

The humanitarian catastrophe... is a direct outgrowth of Assad's vengeance against his own people.

This cannot be and, indeed, is not just a military effort.

We believe that the effort that we have made to reach this agreement with Russia was the best way to effectively move toward ending the civi...

Unless Russia takes immediate steps to end the assault on Aleppo... the United States will suspend U.S.-Russia bilateral engagement.