John Kerry actually said...

"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."

"It is an urgent priority to make the Alawite community in particular feel that there is an alternative to the scenario that seems most likely to unfold if we do not find a way to stop the descent into..."

"Before Syria achieves its slow motion revolution, it seems set to suffer, as Chairman Kerry outlined, a slow motion massacre."

"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."