Mr. Chair, I think that if you were constrained to only conduct such a conflict by cyber means, that might be a reasonable interpretation. However, while there are significant risks, responses to cyber-attacks obviously don't have to be limited to that domain. I would defer to my colleague on how that would play out in the real world. I don't necessarily share that defeatist view, no, because of the other more conventional options that the United States would have in order to respond.
On February 6th, 2019. See this statement in context.