Ben Cardin actually said...

"We prefer the country to take care of it itself. If it cannot, then the international community must respond."

"It is hard to imagine sustained public support for a hypothetical situation wherein U.S. combat units were deployed to five or 10 peacekeeping operations abroad."

"But you have to follow through on it, and it has to be done in a way that the international community, the activists, those who are following this, can be confident that those who are responsible have..."

"It is infuriating--infuriating--to have the lack of transparency that exists at the U.N."