i will never hesitate to protect my country or our allies unlaterally and by force where necessary. i stand before you today believing in my core that we, the nations, the world cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. chris jansing covering the u.n. today what was the crux of president obama s message. obviously, this was a tough message. last night he said i m grayer than the first time i spoke here. this is his seventh time before the u.n. he said it s made me blunter as he hears the clock ticking down. he only has one more time to come here. he had tough talk. he had tough talk for vladimir putin, syria. he basically also made a kind of defense of the policies that the u.s. have had, which is