Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I wish the world were that black and white. I wish our choices were that simple. They are not."

"I think both regimes, in a way, they were mirror images of each other."

"There was a difference between the Ba'athist philosophy that governed both in Iraq and Syria with respect to minority rights."

"I was more hopeful about the outcomes in Libya in terms of pluralism and respect for minority rights."