Name: Obama: This Is Why the World Respects Us
Uploaded: 2016-01-13
Duration: 1 min 50 s
Description: He says it has nothing to do with our weapons.

I will keep working to shut down the prison at Guantanamo. It is expensive, it is unnecessary, and it only serves as a recruitment brochure for our enemies. [ APPLAUSE ] And that's we need to reject any politics. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Any politics that targets people because of race or religion. [ APPLAUSE ] This is not a matter of political correctness. This is a matter of understanding just what it is that makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal [ BLANK_AUDIO ] It respects us for our diversity, and our openness, and the way we respect every faith. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] His Holiness, Pope Francis, told this body, from the very spot that I am standing on tonight. That to imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] When politicians insult Muslims whether abroad or our fellow citizens [ BLANK_AUDIO ] When a mosque is vandalized, or a kid is called names? That doesn't make us safer. That's not telling it like it is. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] It's just wrong. It diminishes us in the eyes of the world. [ APPLAUSE ] It makes it harder to achieve our goals. It betrays who we are as a country. [ APPLAUSE ]

He says it has nothing to do with our weapons.