You are right, but it isn’t just the MSM. There are more than a few on FR who are stuck mentally in the Cold War and who cannot bring themselves to understand this is Russia, not the Soviet Union, and Putin, not Breshnev, that we are dealing with. The world has changed. It isn’t the 60s or the 70s any more. Putin is not a saint, but he a better actor on the world stage than Obama. I never thought we see something like that come to pass.
But the people haven't. They may call themselves Russia and fund themselves through taxes now, but these are the same elites who, not too long ago, were occupying Eastern Europe and threatening us with nuclear missiles.