Robert Menendez actually said...

"I believe that, absent a change on the ground, diplomacy alone is unlikely to end the Syrian war."

"The only way forward is to expend every effort to achieve a broad political solution and to resolve this conflict through negotiations that lead to a stable Syrian government representing all of its c..."

"What would fill the vacuum of a decreased U.S. role in the world is an incredibly dangerous question."

"Aggressive intervention without clear goals... has led us to wars that have destabilized entire regions."