John Kerry actually said...

"I do believe the time has come to shift our emphasis at the same time to other multilateral vehicles and not just have all our eggs in one basket with respect to Russia."

"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..."

"Before Syria achieves its slow motion revolution, it seems set to suffer, as Chairman Kerry outlined, a slow motion massacre."