John Kerry actually said...

"We know that Bashar al-Assad and his supporters are steadily losing their grip."

"If they are worried, as I think they are, about chaos on their southern borders, the rise of Islamic extremists that can have an influence on their own Muslim populations, then sticking with Assad is ..."

"It is an urgent priority to make the Alawite community in particular feel that there is an alternative to the scenario that seems most likely to unfold if we do not find a way to stop the descent into..."

"Every American heart feels for the families of those killed in last week's vicious and cowardly murder of five innocent Israelis and a local bus driver in Bulgaria."