Ben Carson brought his trademark soft-spoken resolve to Orlando, Florida on Friday, telling reporters after a speech at a Republican Party event that if he were president he would 'destroy' the 'global jihadist movement' behind the still-developing mass killings in Paris.

'There are those out there who have a thirst for innocent blood, in an attempt to spread their philosophy and their will across this globe,' Carson said during a brief press conference.

'And we must redouble our efforts and our resolve to resist them, not only to contain them but to eliminate that kind of hatred in the world.'

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'DESTROY THEM': Ben Carson shelved his signature milquetoast timidity on Friday in Florida, saying the U.S. should marshall its forces to 'eliminate ... completely' the global jihadi terror movement

HORROR: Victims lay on the pavement outside a Paris restaurant following a terror attack in the French capital on Friday night

Asked how he would handle the threat of violent Islamists if he were elected president, Carson became even more soft-spoken than normal.

'I think America's involvement should be trying to eliminate them completely,' he said. 'Destroy them!'

Carson's press conference came shortly after his chief Republican rival, billionaire Donald Trump, abruptly canceled his own press conference, leaving reporters in the same room scratching their heads.

Both men spoke at the 'Sunshine Summit,' a cattle-call for GOP White House Hopefuls organized by the Republican Party of Florida.

DailyMail.com asked Carson how he would persuade Americans that if a Paris-style attack were to hit the United States, his calm, low-volume style wouldn't hold him back from mounting a vigorous and energetic response.

'I would say strength is not determined by the number of decibels in your voice,' Carson responded.

And if he held the Oval Office, he predicted, 'I think that will be very apparent to people very quickly.'

The world's attention was sharply focused on Paris on Friday night as a series of coordinated terror attacks rippled through the heart of the city – leaving more than 140 dead.

NOT AGAIN: Attacks in Paris included a shootout at a restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the Stade de France sports stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall

'G' WHIZ: Donald Trump tweeted his only comment about the Paris attacks, but had to delete the first attempt because it spelled 'God' with a lower-case 'g' (both versions shown)

Around 112 were massacred at the Bataclan concert hall alone, where terrorists were holding around 100 people hostage, and another 11 during a restaurant shootout.

Police raided the theatre at around midnight local time, killed the three terrorists inside and freed the remaining hostages.

THE STRONG, SILENT TYPE: 'Strength is not determined by the number of decibels in your voice,' Carson told DailyMail.com during the Orlando, Florida press conference

Just five miles away, two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Stade de France sports stadium where the French national soccer team was playing an exhibition match against Germany.

French President François Hollande declared a national state of emergency following what he called 'unprecedented terror attacks.'

Hollande then shut the nation's borders and deployed 1,500 extra troops to guard Paris.

After Trump called off his press conference, his only response to the deadly massacres came in the form of a single tweet.

'My prayers are with the victims and hostages in the horrible Paris attacks. May God be with you all,' the real estate tycoon tweeted shortly before Carson took the podium to brief the press.

Initially, Trump's tweet spelled 'God' with a lower-case 'g.'

After DailyMail.com asked his campaign for an explanation, the first tweet disappeared and a corrected version was posted on Twitter.

Carson's response was more detailed, and possessed of a hushed intensity voters seldom see from the medical legend.

He launched into a litany of pledges, representing his willingness to commit American resources wherever Muslim radicals strike.

'Think about this on a global level,' he urged.

'I would be working with our allies using every source known to man – in terms of economic resources, in terms of covert resources, overt resources, military resources, things-that-they-don't-know-about resources, in an attempt not to contain them, but to eliminate them before they eliminate us.'

'You have to recognize,' he lectured softly, 'that the global jihadist movement is an existential threat which is very different than anything that we've faced previously.'

Asked whether he would consider committing the U.S. military in what amounts to a religious war, Carson said he would.

'Boots on the ground would probably be important,' he explained.

'EVERY SOURCE KNOWN TO MAN': Carson said as president he would devote a broad range of resources to fighting Islamist terrorists, including 'things-that-they-don't-know-about resources'

At the same time, the doctor was critical of President Barack Obama's approach to managing violent extremism world-wide.

'Throughout that whole Middle Eastern region we have been calling for a coalition of the people who have a vested interest,' he said. 'But we have not really seen much of a coalition form. That's because there's no leadership.'

'You can't really call for something like that and just think it's going to magically form. It has to form behind a leader.'

He cautioned that U.S. allies in the region 'don't want to get involved in something if we're going to turn tail and run, if we're not going to be reliable.'

Obama delivered brief remarks hours earlier from the White House.

'Whenever these kinds of attacks happen, we've always been able to count on the French people to stand with us,' he said

'They have been an extraordinary counterterrorism partner. And we intend to be there with them in that same fashion.'

Carson also broke with Obama on the thorny question of accepting refugees from war-torn Syria, parrying a question about whether he would send them back to the Middle East if he wins the White House.

'I would not allow them to come in the first place,' he said.

'If we're going to be bringing 200,000 people over here from that region,' Carson mused: 'If I were one of the leaders of the global jihadist movement, and I didn't infiltrate that group of people with my people, that would be almost malpractice. Of course they're going to infiltrate them.'