John Kerry actually said...

"The President, very wisely in my opinion, insisted that we could not fight the Iraqi battle against the Islamic State for them."

"It is a multiyear effort. The President has already said that."

"With our support, after several weeks of complex negotiations, President Masum nominated Haider al-Abadi to serve as Prime Minister."

"the military action ends when we have ended the capacity of ISIL to engage in broad-based terrorist activity that threatens the state of Iraq, threatens the United States, threatens the region."