Leaked audio reveals John Kerry’s admission of US failure to stop bloodshed in Syria

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“I think you’re looking at three people, four people in the administration who have all argued for use of force, and I lost the argument,” Kerry said in the audio published by the Times.
“I’ve argued for use of force. I stood up, I’m the guy who stood up and announced we’re going to attack Assad because of the weapons, and then you know things evolved into a different process,” Kerry said in the audio. “But the bottom line is that Congress refused to even vote to allow that.”
The conversation was recorded during a 40-minute meeting during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, the Times reported.
Kerry and the U.S. have been negotiating with the Russian government for weeks to put in place a nationwide cease-fire aimed at ending the five-year civil war. Previous agreements have terminated due to violations.
The most recent brief ceasefire was collapsed as Syrian government forces — and allegedly Russian forces — have bombarded the besieged city of Aleppo in a massive new offensive.
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