We never, ever, had a cold war “with Russia.”
We had a cold war with the various totalitarian (and mostly global socialist) regimes seeking world domination with the loss of our freedoms being at stake.
Russia and the old Soviet block States were players. But so were China and North Korea and Cuba and Cambodia (under Pop Pot) and many other countries large and small.
There was a time when NATO had spokesmen who at least vaguely knew the history of the twentieth century. Clearly that is no longer the case.
Want to elaborate, or perhaps I should say, justify that statement?
The Cold War was indeed with Russia as the main adversary and primary player. China opened a second front in that Cold War, only not as cold, with Korea as a battleground, and they came out victorious. If you think I am wrong, which country has become more prosperous & powerful, and which one has become more weakened & divided following that part of the Cold War?
Some even were even deluded into thinking the Cold War ended when Russia imploded and the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. That was never the case and as far as Russia was concerned, it was just like calling for a cease fire to enable them to regroup, buildup, and weaken America with SALT treaties & aid from the U.S. While at the same time systematically starting flareups around the globe to get America to expend & waste both human & monetary national treasures.