John Kerry actually said...

"If he is foolish enough to respond to the world's enforcement against his criminal activity, if he does, he will invite something far worse, and I believe, something absolutely unsustainable for him."

"Israel feels very confident about Israel's ability to deal, as they have previously, with a miscalculation by Assad."

"the U.S. wouldn't do anything about it"

"There is no way possible that by mutual consent Assad is going to be part of that future."