John Kerry actually said...

"Well, I suggested that, for the moment, if you were to increase the special forces units and the -- and the other sectors that I talked about by about 5,000, I believe you could send an important mess..."

"No. I think that the Taliban -- well, winning -- I think it is a losing proposition right now, in the sense that it's going downhill and backwards. The Taliban is resurgent in the south. And there are..."

"Well, the truth is, as I think General Pace said over the weekend, every member of the coalition, ourselves included, have been dragging their feet."

"If -- if Afghanistan goes backwards, we are in serious trouble."