It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask Don't Tell ' it was certainly my position my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.
It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
Foe means enemy. Now will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.