John Kerry actually said...

"The costs for Russia's violations of international law--the cost of making Russia more isolated--not just from the United States, but from the international community--is a cost that Russia should not..."

"What's impossible to calculate are the dangers in a world without American leadership and the vacuum that would create for extremists and ideologues to exploit."

"I want to help where I can. We will have some differences, but on behalf of the American people, thank you for being involved."

"But we also make the judgment at this point that they don't have the assets in the places necessary to be able to, say, march in and take over all of Ukraine."