“The whole Syrian debacle arose thanks to an off-handed and ill-advised comment by John Kerry...”
Vietnam Kerry certainly did his part, but the entire Syrian debacle arose thanks to Obama stupidly opening his mouth in order to appear ‘tough’.
I think he says what VJ tells him to say. This was supposed to effenct a regime change to overthrow another secular government in the region and give the MB an opening. He just didn't have the gravatis to pull it off and it blew up in their faces.