John Kerry actually said...

I think we do have a role to play.

We firmly believe that a free Libya is in the best interest of the Libyan people and do not see that as an outcome with Qadhafi in power.

We intend to continue that pressure, to make clear that there are consequences and that people will be held to it.

In this particular country, Libya, at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific scale.