John Kerry actually said...

We must recognize that we face an all-too-familiar foreign policy conundrum: There is a large gap between the professed goals of the United ...

They need help in setting up a justice system, courts, police, all of the elements of a functioning state.

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

the threat or use of force, including against civilian aircraft that pose no threat themselves, is unacceptable