John Kerry actually said...

What I could tell you is that the Russian economy is in much worse shape today than it would have been if the sanctions had not been in effe...

If we find something happening, we are going to respond, as we did on the missile launch.

It has established creditability for the United States, in terms of our goals and hopes.

they have to see that we are, in fact, adhering to the Vienna Convention and engaged in diplomacy.