You are correct. People don't get it or want to . Russia and China are
1) functionally aligned with Iran
2) Divying up Caspian and Central asian energy reserves
3) Either promoting instability to raise the price of oil (Russia and Iran) or working with other nasty regimes (Sudan, Cuba, and Venezuela) to grab oil
4) Helping associate members (Cuba, Venezuala) both drill literally on shared-US energy reserves, but also to promote communist insurgencies in South America
5) Working with insurgent groups and Islamisc terrorists to kill Americans.
The new Cold War started with the formation of the Shanghai Co-operation Organization. We've been to intellectually shallow (hello Jorge Arbusto) to pay attention. Now wait for Pakistan, another SCO junior member to bleed us in Afghanistan.