John Kerry actually said...

"Such heinous and immoral violations of decency demand a clear and unambiguous response."

"Are we willing to watch a slaughter just because the patrons of that slaughter are willing to use their veto at the United Nations to allow it to happen so their beneficiary can stay in power?"

"We will either send a message to Syria, Iran, North Korea, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, and any other nonstate actors that the world will not tolerate the senseless use of chemical weapons by anyone, or we wi..."

"The message is that he has been granted impunity, the freedom to choose to use the weapons again or force us to go through this cycle again."