The idea of Russia being "anti-terrorist" is only true if you WANT a surreal psychotic dystopia

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After an attack on a former spy, the State Department pondered placing that label on Putin’s government. Instead, the Trump administration continued a longtime U.S. policy of treating Russia as a partner in fighting terrorism even as evidence of its misbehavior mounts.

https://www.propublica.org/article/united-states-considered-declaring-russia-a-state-sponsor-of-terror

The evidence for Republicans’ attachment to Putin becomes clearer when one considers the religious right. Leaders among the conservative American evangelical movement have consistently praised Putin, claiming that he promotes Christian values in Russia. For instance, when Franklin Graham, son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham and head of the Billy Graham Evangelist Association, visited Russia in 2015, he commended Putin for defending Christian values amidst the rise in secularism in America. Putin’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and war against Islamic terrorism have also been interpreted as the protection of Christian tenants. This praise is often joined by condemnation of the secular West, whose promotion of pluralism and tolerance of other lifestyles is taken as an affront to Christian values. Evangelical leaders increasingly view Putin as the defender of Christianity against the liberal West. Putin presents himself as bringing the restoration of glory to his nation from the supposed humiliation brought by immigration, LGBTQ+ individuals, feminism and other supposedly anti-Christian movements. As a result, Putin has been propelled as the leader of the global Christian Right.

https://ndsmcobserver.com/2022/03/putin-isnt-the-defender-of-christian-values-evangelicals-think-he-is/

I mean, let's review the footage, shall we:

1999 Russian apartment bombings - Kremlin was probably behind it... to fight terrorism

Russia hostage crisis in 2002 - Russian forces gas the theater and end up killing more hostages than the Chechens

GRU actively poses as ISIS to do hacks

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Blowing up the bank to stop the robbery.
Lining up everyone against the wall and executing them to lower the homicide rate.
Tarkin lowered Alderaan's unemployment rate to 0%. Wanna find out how he did it?

THAT is russian anti-terrorism. The world the right-wing evangelicals want.