Count me among them. Franco’s fascists defeated the Communists. I’d have much rather have lived in a dictatorship under Franco than under any Communist country. Franco’s Spain ultimately peacefully transitioned to a Constitutional Monarchy.
Which brings up the Left. They claim to be anti-Military, but have always lionized the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which fought in Spain for the Communists. If the military is on the side of Communists, the liberals that that military is just great.
Abraham Lincoln brigade veteran at Peace March, NYC, 1969