Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Disemba 5, 1996, Onyeisi ala Bill Clinton mara ọkwa na ya ahọrọla Cohen dị ka Odeakwụkwọ Nchebe, na-ekwu na ọ bụ "onye kwesịrị ekwesị" iji wulite ihe ndị William Perry rụzuru (bụ́ odeakwụkwọ nchebe na-ala ezumike nká) "iji nweta nkwado nke òtù abụọ ahụ ndị agha America ga-enwerịrị ma kwesị n'ụzọ doro anya". Dịka odeakwụkwọ nchekwa, Cohen rụrụ nnukwu ọrụ n'ịduzi ọrụ ndị agha United States na Iraq na Kosovo, gụnyere ịchụpụ Wesley Clark n'ọkwa ya dị ka onye isi ndị agha NATO. Ma Operation Desert Fox na Iraq na Operation Allied Force na Kosovo bidoro ọnwa ole na ole ka al-Qaeda mechara mwakpo ahụ.
Ịgba bọmbụ n'ụlọ ọrụ nnọchiteanya mba United States dị na Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, na Nairobi, Kenya, na 1998.