John Kerry actually said...

"This is not the time for armchair isolationism."

"It is to some degree humiliating to be in a refugee camp when our policy has been that we are going to train, we are going to equip, we are going to give humanitarian aid to the vetted opposition."

"The alternative is that you stand back and do nothing and Syria, in fact, implodes, becomes an enclave state."

"I am very generally inclined to do so and am working closely with Senator Menendez for something that will be a starting point for this committee's discussions."