Theodore Deutch actually said...

"I do not need to have a zero sum approach to Russia. Not everything that Russia does is inherently threatening to the United States."

"we still have leadership with the Europeans and with international organizations to deny political recognition and international legitimacy to Assad"

"how does providing Assad and Iran a freer hand in Syria undermine the Administration's maximum pressure policy"

"I think it is very important then to have this transparency and this humanitarian access because I do not think anything good is going to come from this--anything at all."