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Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obamas blunt words on Islamic terrorism marked a striking shift for his annual address to United Nations, as he moved away from the language of accommodation to rhetoric reminiscent of predecessor President George W. Bush. Peter Cook reports on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)

President Barack Obamas blunt words on Islamic terrorism marked a striking shift for his annual address to United Nations, as he moved away from the language of accommodation to rhetoric reminiscent of predecessor President George W. Bush.

Obama, who won election in part by opposing Bushs wars six years ago, told the UN General Assembly yesterday that the extremists targeted by U.S.-led airstrikes understand only the language of force and he blamed Muslim sectarian conflict for so much human misery in the world.

No God condones this terror; no grievance justifies these actions, Obama said of the rape, killing and beheading of innocents by Islamic State.

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There can be no reasoning, no negotiation, with this brand of evil, he said. The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force.

Obama spoke as U.S. aircraft and drones, with assistance from France and several Arab countries, were expanding a bombing campaign against Islamic State positions from Iraq into Syria.

At times there were echoes of Bushs 2003 announcement of the invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, in which Bush vowed this will not be a campaign of half measures and we will accept no outcome but victory.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, Sept. 24, 2014. Close

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