It's really the responsibility of the general to say, Mr. Secretary, you are wrong on this issue, and if you proceed in this fashion, we are going to inherit the wind on this or meet catastrophe.
Cohen discusses the responsibility of generals to challenge the Secretary of Defense on military decisions.
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It's clear that he can't conquer the hearts and minds, of the Ukrainian people.
I think we have to take that into account, and then do what we can, to defend the Ukrainian people.
It's not easy and it's not quick. I think it's going to take quite a bit of time in order to do that. But the Israelis are going to have to go in at some point in time and dig out Hamas and take their leaders and remove them, and destroy…
I think we are sending a message to whoever sent this up, whether it was China or Russia, or some other country, if you invade in our airspace, we're going to take it out.
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