John Kerry actually said...

Assad will read our silence, our unwillingness to act as a signal that he can use his weapons with impunity.

Kerry warns that inaction will embolden Assad's use of chemical weapons.

09/03/2013

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We are not naive. We are not sitting here believing that because somebody says it to you it is true.

It has got to make Israel safer. It has got to make the world safer.

The U.N. Security Council sought suspension, not prohibition.

We have an obligation to give these negotiations an opportunity to succeed.