Antony Blinken actually said...

"The PRC is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it."

"I would argue that we have not seen a situation as dangerous as the one we're facing now across the region since at least 1973."

"Secretary Blinken was told by the Qatari Prime Minister that something like this is never going to happen."

"if the U.S. responded, if there was some kind of a more forceful military response from the United States, that that would be aimed at trying to avoid a broader regional conflict."