“There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad, to write a constitution and to open the way for elections. It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process. This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.”
![“If you can resolve this transition of [Bashar] Assad, that is absolutely possible, but you have to have a clarity for everybody about the way forward.” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e0e/john-f-kerry-996_assad_if-you-can-resolve-this-transition-of-ba_1070598.jpg)
![“I think it's too late. I think that there's been too much. This all started with the red line, walking away from it. The inability to arm the legitimate [Bashar] Assad opposition.” quote by John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/971/john-kasich-1650_arms_i-think-it-s-too-late-i-think-that-there_2564293.jpg)
![“[Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country.” quote by John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9bb/john-f-kerry-996_assad_bashar-assad-has-made-a-series-of-choice_2601115.jpg)
![“The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would save another wave of civilian casualties if we could get him to abdicate.” quote by Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c1/rand-paul-606_assad_the-one-way-possibly-out-of-this-is-for_2248070.jpg)
![“We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly, the country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.” quote by Adel al-Jubeir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc1/adel-al-jubeir-16862_country_we-warned-when-the-crisis-began-in-2011_689102.jpg)
