John Kerry actually said...

"If anybody were to attack us, this Congress, in my view, would respond, would authorize the full force and fury of our very capable military."

"I can't give you a guarantee about the outcome in Syria as a whole, but I can give you a guarantee that the United States of America can make it clear to Assad that it is going to cost him to use chem..."

"So that is why, miracle of miracles, I am in support of the President's call for action in Syria."

"In the absence of doing this, there will be a grant of impunity to Bashar al-Assad for the use of these weapons."