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In an interview with The Daily Telegraph published on November 23, General Mark Carleton-Smith said Britain and its allies "cannot be complacent about the threat Russia poses."
The Russian Embassy in London responded to the comments with a tweet on November 24, saying "Army chief doesn't care about [IS]? Great global strategic vision!"
Carleton-Smith made the comments at a time of heightened tensions between the West and Russia over issues including Moscow's aggression in Ukraine, its alleged election meddling in the United States and Europe, massive international cyberattacks, and the poisoning of a Russian double agent and his daughter in Britain.
Comment: Alleged aggression in Ukraine (NATO aggression and Ukrainian aggression is much worse - and documented). Alleged election meddling (NATO and American meddling in Russia is much worse - and documented). U.S. and Israel are just as guilty if not more for international cyberattacks, and there is no proof 'Russia' poisoned the Skripals. How wrong can you be in one paragraph?
"Russia today indisputably represents a far greater threat to our national security than Islamic extremist threats" such as Al-Qaeda and IS, Carleton-Smith said in his first interview since becoming chief of Britain's General Staff in June.
Comment: Behind this statement is the implication: the UK is more than willing to ally with groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS if it means fighting Russia. And that's exactly what they've been doing for years.
Comment: RT adds: And western countries never use military force to expand or secure their national interests... Lavrov also had this to say: Touche.