John Kerry actually said...

We are here because a dictator and his family's enterprise... unleashed an outrageous chemical attack against its own citizens.

We need to send to Syria and to the world, to dictators and terrorists, to allies and civilians alike, the unmistakable message that when we...

Assad will read our silence, our unwillingness to act as a signal that he can use his weapons with impunity.

This is about the world's red line, it is about humanity's red line, a line that anyone with a conscience should draw.