John Kerry actually said...

"I do believe the time has come to shift our emphasis at the same time to other multilateral vehicles and not just have all our eggs in one basket with respect to Russia."

"things are likely to get a lot worse before they get any better, and the human suffering, therefore, is likely only to increase, perhaps dramatically."

"We know that Bashar al-Assad and his supporters are steadily losing their grip."

"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."