John Kerry actually said...

"We cannot allow negotiations in the Security Council to block the provision of vital support to the opposition."

"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."

"It would, for instance, be a great mistake to allow the emerging leadership of Syria to conclude that al-Qaeda had done more to help them prevail than did the United States."

"Most observers, most people analyzing the situation and seeing increasing defections, increasing violence, increasing capacity by the opposition, as well as other indicators, draw the conclusion that ..."