Richard Lugar actually said...

"The development of a definable opposition that speaks for most Syrians would improve chances that the damage to the Syrian people and risks to regional stability could be contained."

"The absence of Russia and China from the meeting was an abrogation of their responsibilities in my judgment as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council."

"Both this measure and other sanctions, including our own, against Syria have caused what seems to be, in normal terms, an economic depression in the country."

"The United States national debt has risen above $15 trillion, posing extreme economic risk for our country."