the supreme leader of iran supposedly a godly man by some accounts worth $200 billion, making him one of the richest and greatest men of the world. eventually iran will get the picture of the united states is not going to tolerate not only iranian nuclear program but come hang of terror throughout the middle east and aggression against american partners. once they recognize that they begin to act like a civilized nation will the united states even consider any kind of reciprocal commitments to iran. shannon: one of your democratic colleagues, had this to say. asking questions where this is going long-term and what the white house plan is. here is his take. i m glad frankly in relief we are not in a military conflict right now with iran, but i m concerned about the absence of a clear strategy from the administration and an explanation to the congress about exactly how the president sees the way forward in
they give him. he s making impulsive and frequently bad judgments on his own. it s almost a world turned upside down in which our long-term allies, japan, south korea, nato, australia are insulted, and he s cooperative with the strong men of the world. i think at some point, and mattis has been who s not only a defense intellectual and is literally worshipped by the armed forces and has been publicly very careful and respectful of the president of the united states, i think finally he said, look, this isn t going to work. we ought to be concerned. the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security and the secretary of defense are the three people responsible for domestic and international security. we ve got an acting, non-senate confirmed attorney general, a secretary of homeland security
briefings. he s not reading the material they give him. he s making impulsive and frequently bad judgments on his own. it s almost a world turned upside down in which our long-term allies, japan, south korea, nato, australia are insulted, and he s cooperative with the strong men of the world. i think at some point, and mattis has been who s not only a defense intellectual and is literally worshipped by the armed forces and has been publicly very careful and respectful of the president of the united states, i think finally he said, look, this isn t going to work. we ought to be concerned. the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security and the secretary of defense are the three people responsible for domestic and international security. we ve got an acting, non-senate confirmed attorney general, a secretary of homeland security with one foot over the cliff. and now we re going to lose secretary mattis. this is a very dangerous situation. secretary mattis said he is going to
waiting that something will change. there s a moment where he realizes he s president and not campaigning. that will never happen. we have a president a man of unprecedented loathe some and despicable character. i think about the country s greatest presidents. somebody you studied, lincoln. upon the occasion of his assassination somebody who was so skeptical of lincoln at the beginning of his tenure, sherman the great union general is asked to reflect on his life. he says of lincoln i met all the great men of the world, the industrialist, the kings, emperors, but i never met a person possessing the qualities of greater goodness than abraham lincoln. we have a small man, a vile man, a mean man, a corrupt man, a dishonest man. there will be no growth.
when abraham lincoln was elected, that fact voiwas lamen by sherman. we elected a backwoods, bar bearian, uneducated, the country is doomed, he has no confidence for the task. when lincoln was assassinated, general sherman had seem him with general grant a week before, was asked to reflect on his life, the man he had come to know. he said he met all the great men of the world, industrialists, kings, emperors and generals, but never met a man that possessed more of the qualities of greatness and goodness than abraham lincoln. what s always been true about the country, almost providentially so, the right leaders have emerged at the right time. dwight eisenhower was a colonel in the army hadn t been promoted in 13 years in 1940. when we look at this country, amongst us are good and decent