September 24th, 2024.

This morning, President Joe Biden spoke to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

Earlier in the day, Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez of Portugal warned that our world is in a whirlwind and having lost the

hotlines, red lines, and guardrails of the Cold War is dangerous and adrift.

In contrast, by War is dangerous and adrift.

In contrast, Biden, in his final speech before the body, offered optimism.

The President noted that when he was first elected senator in 1972, the world was also in a time of tension and uncertainty.

The Cold War simmered, the Middle East was headed toward war, and the U.S. was in one in Vietnam.

The United States was divided and angry, and there were questions about our staying power and

our future. The U.S. and the world made it through that

moment he recalled but it wasn't easy or simple or without significant setbacks.

Nonetheless the world went on to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons,

end the Cold War, forge a historic peace between Israel and Egypt,

and end the war in Vietnam.

Last year, Biden noted, the US and Vietnam elevated their partnership to the highest level,

a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity for

reconciliation, proof that even from the horrors of war there is a way forward, he

said.

Biden's message continued to be one of optimism as he recalled the world history he has

seen.

In the 1980s, he said, the racist regime of apartheid in South Africa fell. In the 1990s

Serbian president Slobadon Milosievich was prosecuted for war crimes after

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