You might just be confusing one enemy for another due to current circumstances.
Ask yourself, would you feel safer living in Russia than wherever you now live?
That’s not the point, of course no sane freedom loving person would want to live under Communist rule. But when dealing with terrorist, the Russians don’t care about being PC, they care about results. And would never consider wearing kit gloves in dealing with these bearded savages. They don’t play games, they raise the stakes (all in) right off the bat. You will lose more people than they will.