Buzzfeed has a article up this morning about Obama's speech he will give before the UN later today. In it, he condemns the recent violence and is definitive that a nuclear Iran cannot be tolerated. In a single speech, he will disarm Mitt's talking point: that he is weak in foreign policy/the Middle East.
On the subject of Ambassador Stevens' murder:
"Today, we must affirm that our future will be determined by people like Chris Stevens, and not by his killers," Obama will say according to excerpts distributed by the White House. "Today, we must declare that this violence and intolerance has no place among our United Nations."
Obama makes it clear that this video should not be an excuse for violence:
"There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. There is no video that justifies an attack on an Embassy. There is no slander that provides an excuse for people to burn a restaurant in Lebanon, or destroy a school in Tunis, or cause death and destruction in Pakistan."
And finally, on the subject of Iran:
America wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy, and we believe that there is still time and space to do so. But that time is not unlimited. We respect the right of nations to access peaceful nuclear power, but one of the purposes of the United Nations is to see that we harness that power for peace. Make no mistake: a nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained. It would threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy. It risks triggering a nuclear-arms race in the region, and the unraveling of the non-proliferation treaty. That is why a coalition of countries is holding the Iranian government accountable. And that is why the United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Tough talk from our leader. What can Mittens say now? Not only does President Obama talk tough, we also know delivers.
Of course, the AP has to use this headline:
"Obama to urge UN to confront roots of Muslim rage" Muslim rage. They went there,