inarguably just a terrible president. and there were a lot of terrible things about andrew johnson but the most important and notably terrible thing for the time in which he served is that andrew johnson was really, flagrantly, unapologetically racist. he became president upon the assassination of abraham lincoln. right as the north was winning the civil war. right? and as the war the civil war was ending, this guy, johnson, became president. and johnson did everything he could to undercut the north victory in the war and to try to undercut the abolition of slavery for which the war had been fought. luckily for the country, a lot of the worst stuff that andrew johnson wanted to do, congress stepped in and stopped him and congress was able to pass a bunch of important legislation over andrew johnson s veto.
president number 17 was this clown, andrew johnson. inarguably just a terrible president. and there were a lot of terrible things about andrew johnson but the most important and notably terrible thing for the time in which he served is that andrew johnson was really, flagrantly, unapologetically racist. he became president upon the assassination of abraham lincoln. right as the north was winning the civil war. right? and as the war the civil war was ending, this guy, johnson, became president. and johnson did everything he could to undercut the north victory in the war and to try to undercut the abolition of slavery for which the war had been fought. luckily for the country, a lot of the worst stuff that andrew johnson wanted to do, congress stepped in and stopped him and congress was able to pass a
external operations. i don t think they knew what they were getting into here. why they conducted some spectacular air strikes, blew up some buildings, it hasn t had an effect on the ground in yemen significantly. they continue to take their fight to the pro-government forces. spectacular meaning they looked good but probably didn t achieve much. operation decisive storm we can certainly qualify that s what it s done to u.s. interest. chris, with your naval expertise, what do you make of this iran interdiction on the waters? what do you think the chances are they re carrying weapons this flagrantly into a possible scenario with the u.s. ships there? and do you think there will be any kind of conflict? i m absolutely certain the iranians are proliferating weapons to the houthis in one way or another. i m not sure they re on these specific ships. we do not interdict vessels. it would take a significant change in u.s. policy in order for the u.s. navy to actually
raising it with his russian counterpart. russia understands that the united states takes very seriously the safety and security of our alleys in the region. if this sort of arrangement were to move forward, it would raise serious concerns and could potentially raise sanctions concerns. russia is a partner to the nuclear talks with iran. however, washington and its allies fear that iran could use the missiles to shield nuclear sites from potential air strikes if negotiations fail. and above eastern europe, another high-flying u.s./russia encounter. this time as a russian fighter jet intercept add u.s. reconnaissance plane. it was flying over the sea in international air space when a russian fighter flew so close, says the pentagon, as the quote, flagrantly disregard
innocent human beings? what can be said about soviet credibility when they is a flagrantly lie about such a heinous act? i can tell you, he was speaking for the american people back then who were absolutely furious at what the soviets had done. their cold-blooded killing of so many innocent people, their brutal destruction of so many human lives, their utter lack of compassion for the people aboard that plane. here s the way our president and we, the american people, felt. we know it will be hard to make a nation that rules its own people through force to cease using force against the rest of the world. but we must try. this is not a role we sought. we preach no manifest destiny. but like americans who began this country and brought forth this last best hope of mankind, history has asked much of the americans of our own time, much we have already given, much more we must be prepared to give. events like this today that no one forgets. especially not today.