Robert Casey actually said...

"The most basic American value, the right to democratic representation, is at stake in Syria."

"The Syrian Government's constant brutality, its refusal to allow peaceful marches, its insistence on widespread arrest campaigns, and its atrocious torture--the reports you read about the detention co..."

"Yes; I guess in a region like the Middle East where you always have tension, that is one of the realities that will persist, even in this new environment."

"So in a word, you have to be nimble, and you won't have as much predictability as you might have had before."