A lot of us are happy when Russians and Muslims are killing each other. We see it as a win/win.
The people who admire either Russians or Muslims get all butt-hurt and snivel on the forums.
I am not certain anyone loves Russians. I think many just respect the fact that Putin is using troops on the damn ground as you cannot effectively bomb enemy troops without men on the ground to call in and adjust (CAS) Close Air Support. In fact, some of the men in the beginning of SOG who watched the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Prairie Fire AO also reported the size of NVA units for a number of B52 strikes. The truth is we taught the Afghans how to blow up Russian tanks and APC’s and then like idiots we rode up and down MSR’s the same as they did. It takes men on the ground to direct effective air support/bombing.