Scott Walker: If elected, the U.S. would aggressively confront "radical Islamic terrorism"

CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says the United States would aggressively confront what he describes as "radical Islamic terrorism" should he be elected.

The Wisconsin governor laid out his foreign policy agenda Friday, August 28th in a speech at The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, South Carolina.

The state hosts the South's first presidential primary next February, soon after Iowa and New Hampshire lead off the nominating contests.

In the speech, Walker accused President Barack Obama of making Americans "passive spectators while the world descends into chaos."

He also repeated his opposition to Obama's proposed nuclear agreement with Iran.

The speech does not detail whether Walker wants to commit more American ground troops to the Middle East.

NOTE: The entire text of Scott Walker's speech is posted below

Mordecai Lee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says Walker is trying to walk the line of being and sounding tough, while also laying out a way to govern, should he win the presidency.

"What I think Governor Walker was trying to do was, he was trying to convey principles and philosophy even though principles and philosophy aren't very sexy when it comes to campaigning and so he had to marry that along with sort of bumper sticker slogans. I think what we should do is not focus exclusively on the substance in the sense of here's specifically what he'd do about ISIS, but rather to focus on what is his general philosophy about foreign policy -- what is his general orientation," Lee said.