President Barrack Obama made his address at the United Nations' General Assembly annual meeting in New York on Tuesday, in which he criticized the anti-Islamist film, "Innocence of Muslims," saying it was "not just an insult to Muslims, but to Americans as well," as reported by theblaze.com.
However, the president went on to add that the reaction the film sparked across the Muslim world was unjustifiable, "no words that excuse the killing of innocent...no video that justifies an attack on an embassy," as reported on the website.
The now infamous film was responsible for stirring violent attacks across the Middle East in areas such as Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Egypt and Pakistan et al. The film resulted in an attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi in which U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. staff members were killed.
The film derides the prophet Muhammad labeling him as scatterbrained and a molester. According to reports, the movie was created by an amateur filmmaker on a budget of around $5 million, most of the money coming from 100 unidentified Jewish donors, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The movie was initially said to be made by an Israeli-American named Sam Bacile. But now 55-year-old Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has been identified as the man behind the film. Nakoula was arrested last week over charges related to bank fraud, but he has since been released.
The movie was endorsed by the same US pastor who became infamous for encouraging the burning of the Quran. Tony Jones has become notorious for voicing his anti-Islamist sentiments. In the movie, the Prophet is mocked, being depicted as scatterbrained, a child molester as well as a killer.
At the General Assembly meeting, Obama also addressed the issue of Iran's nuclear program and said that the only way to solve the Iran nuclear crisis was through diplomacy and negotiation.
It is obvious that Obama's address to the UN General Assembly will be analyzed as closely at home as it will in the international community, particularly because of the upcoming elections in November. Fox News already interviewed John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the UN, who gave his speech a "C" when asked to grade it.
"It was like a great big warm fuzzy blanket. The president comes out in favor of tolerance. There's your breaking news...The problem with the speech was that it was infused with the fallacy of moral equivalency - that there's sort of extremism and intolerance everywhere and it's all the same," as on theblaze.com
It remains to be seen how the Democrats evaluate the speech.
Watch Video of Obama's Adress Here.
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