[An Nahar] The United States is weighing up what steps to take next to try to end the conflict in Syria, new Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachusetts, a
foreign policy expertof the Joe Biden school, currently secretary of state...
said Friday, adding there was "too much killing" in the 22-month war.
How much is an appropriate amount of killing?
"There's too much killing and there's too much violence and we obviously want to try to find a way forward," Kerry said, adding: "It is a very complicated and very dangerous situation."
Ah, yes. The nuances of it all. Spit? Go blind? Decisions, decisions!
"We are evaluating now, we are taking a look at what steps, if any, diplomatic particularly, might be able to be taken in an effort to reduce that violence and deal with that situation."
His comments came after the White House defended its decision to reject a plan to arm the Syrian opposition, put forward last year by top members of President Barack Obama's
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today...
cabinet.
Kerry said he was not aware of what decisions had been made before he took over as secretary of state a week ago, stressing he planned to go forward now.
"I've no idea what was going on before I got here. I'm not too sure what's going on now. Who the hell are you? Have we been introduced?"