Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ralston ghọrọ osote onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff na 1996. Ọ bụ ọkacha mmasị ka ọ bụrụ Onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff na 1997, agbanyeghị na ekpughere ihe nzuzo nzuzo ọ nọgidere bụrụ osote onye isi oche ruo Mee 2000. O mechara bụrụ onye isi ndị agha nke North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) na Europe ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na Jenụwarị 2003. Bill Clinton dere n'akwụkwọ ya bụ "My Life" na a na-eji Ralston edozi nsogbu nwere ike ịda na Pakistan nke US ga-eji ikuku Pakistani wakpo nzukọ nzukọ Al-Qaeda na Afghanistan na-esochi mwakpo nke ndị agha na-alụ ọgụ na Afghanistan.
Mgbasa bọmbụ nke US Embassy na Kenya na Tanzania. Nchegbu dị na mba Amerịka bụ na ndị ọrụ nzuzo nke Pakistan ga-eme ka a mata ihe ndị a na-eche maọbụ nke ka njọ, chee na mgbọ ogbunigwe ndị ahụ na-efefe na Pakistan si India bịa, nke nwere ike ịkpalite esemokwu nuklia na mpaghara India. Dịka Clinton dere na peeji nke 799 nke "My Life", "anyị kpebiri iziga osote onye isi oche nke Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joe Ralston, ka ya na onye isi ndị agha Pakistani na-eri nri abalị n'oge a na-eme atụmatụ mwakpo ahụ. Ralston ga-agwa ya (onye ọchịagha Pakistan) ihe na-eme nkeji ole na ole tupu ogbunigwe anyị abanye n'ikuku Pakistan, oge agafeela ịdọ ndị Taliban ma ọ bụ Al-Qaeda aka na ntị, mana n'oge iji zere igbu ha ma ọ bụ ịkpalite ọgụ megide India. "