It wasn't long ago that I was reading news out of China about popular support in China for Iran's fight against US Imperialism, they (people, not the state) were trying to send financial aid to help the Iranian's against the US that has been bombing them, 1.4 Billion people is a lot of people, there are going to be liberals, there are going to be all kinds of socialists full of all kinds of errors, making all kinds of mistakes, that does not however mean they are a majority. Also important, it is not a popularity contest, something is not true or not based on popularity, unless that something is "is this thing popular?", that applies to the non-imperialist status of Iran and Russia, even if there are wrong ideas out there that say otherwise, as also that is applies to the Science of Socialism, which is not determined by popularity on whether or not it is true, unless the question itself is of if this thing is popular.

Edit: Seems Cowbee is probably right with it being a translation issue, as “the truth is on the side of the proletariat, not on the side of any government or capitalist.” doesn't seems to go against what we are saying, or the concept of critical support.

“the truth is on the side of the proletariat, not on the side of any government or capitalist.”