John Kerry actually said...

"that would be an al-Qaeda recruiter's dream and something that we had a national interest in avoiding"

"I think one thing we have seen in this whole drama over the last few months is that events in one country in the Middle East affect events in all of the others."

"The only way to ensure the replacement of the current Libyan regime with something demonstrably better would be through the introduction of ground forces that were prepared to remain in place to maint..."

"I did not support the decision to intervene with military force in Libya, but, as the saying goes, 'We are where we are.'"