CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel has "reservations about more US-Russia cooperation"
‘Let’s not forget that it’s Russia,’ said U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, who is overseeing the fight against Islamic State and the war in Afghanistan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/general-says-talk-of-more-u-s-russia-cooperation-gives-him-pause-1532275149
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Julia Davis, who appears to be a great source on Russian news, tweeted a couple hours ago:
#Russia's Defense Ministry says: "With his statements,
General Votel... discredited the official position of his
commander-in-chief [President Donald Trump].
What IS Trump's official position? Perhaps he expressed
it to Putin, but not to the rest of us.
@JuliaDavisNews
Gen Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, which oversees the fight against ISIS expressed firm reservations about Trump’s hopes of working more closely with Russia in Syria:
“I’ve watched some of the things that Russia has done, it does give me some pause.” (link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/general-says-talk-of-more-u-s-russia-cooperation-gives-him-pause-1532275149) wsj.com/articles/gener…
Link to tweet
Assuming Ms. Davis is correctly quoting Russia’s Defense Ministry here (and I believe she is), it may turn out that Trump will now need to choose between listening either to the US CENTCOM Commander Gen. Votel or the Russian Defense Ministry, which is now bad-mouthing General Votel.
Holy shit
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I have a bad feeling about this. I do hope he stands up for himself against Spanky.