Kerry, with Chris Hayes

Was at pains  to minimize the video’s influence on the debate in Washington and beyond. “No,” he insisted when Hayes asked if the killers in the video “become, by definition, our allies.” Kerry argued: “In fact, I believe that those men in those videos are disadvantaged by an American response to the chemical-weapons use because it, in fact, empowers the moderate opposition.” Kerry added that “they are not part of the opposition that is being supported by our friends and ourselves.”

The daily beast, I know, them, but still. Good for you Chris for asking that. I like the way Kerry can go to that incredibly stupid place for friendly faces and like-minded people and have frank discussions like this. It is not altogether unhelpful having Party mouthpieces like that even when so annoying, but good for Chris for asking that hard question. But okay then, as long as the people in the video are disadvantaged let's do go ahead then and thanks for telling we've been supporting all along, that goes far in explaining Ben Ghazi without mentioning it. 

The thing that drew me to the piece was NYT editors barfing when watching the video. I made up the barfing part, apparently they got ill and I imagined it while reading by accidentally visualizing myself in the room with that information. And a lot other information too, that I would be sorting and attempting to frame into some kind of narrative, so careful with that