The post is referring to leftists who supported Assad because he was backed by Russia and Russia is hostile to the West.
Enemy (Russia/Assad) of our (tankies) enemy (the west)
Edit: I should say that I’m taking specifically about what the post has to say in regards to Ukraine. IDK that there are many tankies out here supporting Israel.
There are 24 (out of 50 total) us states with no big four teams.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/states-without-professional-sports-teams.html