Mad Fiddler also said:

“… the leaders of the Soviet Union (and anyone else paying attention) saw a dramatic demonstration that a country can lose a substantial fraction of its population, and YET TRIUMPH against its enemies. Combine this with a fanatical culture that equates martydom with victory, and you have a calculus that is beyond the reasoning of most Liberals.”

Add to this that most liberals will react in strong opposition to anyone who comprehends the danger of a nuclear armed fanatical culture devoted to suicidal martyrdom. Thus you have the symbiosis from hell of moonbats and Islamic fascism.