John Kerry actually said...

We have done an incredible job under the hardest of circumstances hardening sites where they can be...

I think the steps that we took in Syria have affected us in Iran. They have affected us in the peninsula. They have affected us in Ukraine.

We are the force that has been helping to bring parties together to defend our interests in the South China Sea.

I think we need to depoliticize this a little bit and try to find a way forward.