Secretary of State John Kerry Remarks with U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague

Here's the full video and text via the State Department's page, "Remarks With United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Hague."

And at the New York Times, "Kerry’s Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike":

WASHINGTON — When Secretary of State John Kerry dangled for the first time on Monday actions that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria could take to avoid a military strike, it seemed an acknowledgment that Congress, America’s allies and the Russians were all looking for an off-ramp for what a week ago seemed like inevitable military action against Syria.

The concept has taken on many permutations in the past five days, but its essence is this: force Mr. Assad to turn his huge stockpile of chemical weapons over to some kind of international control and recognize the international ban on chemical weapons. The appeal of the idea is that, if successful, it could create a far more lasting solution than a brief strike on Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure, especially a strike that Mr. Kerry characterized Monday morning as “unbelievably small.”

Yet, experts on chemical weapons and the Syrian government said that it would be next to impossible to know with certainty where all of Mr. Assad’s sprawling, constantly moving arsenal is residing, much less who is controlling it. And flying it out of the country is not as simple as picking up nuclear components — as the United States did in Libya in late 2003 — and moving them to a well-guarded site in Tennessee.

Though Mr. Kerry also expressed skepticism that the Syrians would take up the idea, his comments were notable because as recently as the middle of last week he was not talking about any diplomatic initiatives to secure the stockpile. A proposal by Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, both junior members of the Democratic caucus, to give Mr. Assad 45 days to sign on to the Chemical Weapons Convention and begin to turn over his weapons had yet to catch Mr. Kerry’s attention.

There's more at the link. And see, "Video of the Kerry Remark Russia Seized Upon in Game of Diplomatic Chess."

And from Stephen Hayes, at the Weekly Standard, "The Way Out?" (via Memeorandum):

Is this the beginning of the White House turn?

At this point, it’s risky and probably futile to try to understand the ad hoc decisionmaking and zig-zagging public rhetoric of the Obama administration’s handling of Syria. But even before Barack Obama shares his latest thoughts on the crisis with the American people, in television interviews today and a speech tomorrow night, a new proposal and the administration’s eager response suggest another zig (or zag) might be coming.

Although State Department officials quickly moved to downplay Kerry’s comment, saying he was speaking extemporaneously and wasn’t making an actual proposal, the Russians leapt at the comments and offered to help Assad comply.

Plus, here's the controversy over the "unbelievably small bit, at Politico, "John Kerry under fire for 'unbelievably small' comment." Plus, "John McCain: John Kerry ‘unbelievably unhelpful’."

These people are all messed up, lol.