John Kerry actually said...

"A negotiated political transition remains Syria's best chance to avoid a further descent into chaos."

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

"If we continue on our current path, it is more likely that they will be angry that the United States stood by and did far less than it could have to accelerate Assad's demise."

"That is something that ought to weigh heavily, I think, on our Russian friends because I believe they have the greatest ability to be the game-changers here."