Brother, you said it. If someone would have told me 25 years ago that we would be sitting here cheering on the Russian special forces, I'd have wondered what kind of mushrooms he'd been chewing, or something.
As it stands, old-style USSR communism was the height of civilization compared to Islamo-nazism. Instead of French-kissing with the Saudis, we need to develop common cause with the Russians. It's a whole new scenario out there.
Well, that depends on your point of view. Concerning the average Russian's life, you're right. But when you consider the death toll of international communism (around 100 million+), NOTHING comes close (yet...).
Three cheers for the Russian Special Forces!
It may have been more civilized, but it also slaughtered tens of millions more than Islamofascism. The Islamofascists wished they could kill a 100 million in a century like the Marxists did.
That lack of civilization also helps to make the Islamofascists incapable of building vast fleets or armies or rocket forces with nukes.