Susan Rice actually said...

"I think we need to be prepared for that possibility. And as I say, it's no certainty, but what's happened in the last several days and even frankly in the last several months, has led us on a course o..."

"It's hard to see how diplomacy can be retrieved at this point."

"I have faith in our uniformed military. I have faith in the American defense establishment's readiness and desire to adhere to the norms and the laws of war."

"You do need off-ramps. It's very hard to see where they might be in this context."