Well that link hit a pay wall, but no matter since WaPo is the DeepState propagandist for the IC...it is they who are at war with Putin not We the People...
Back to my prayer and Adams quote...
Assuming idiot Miley spoke those words, it is not evidence that the DeepState organized, funded, and supported in any way these ISIS-K miscreants...and knowing these DeepState arm-chair gutless wonders like I do they often out talk their coverage (aka-talk out their ass) ...I am a natural born skeptic, I suspect Syzygy may be as well, so if there is a link, I want facts, not words, words IMO are subordinate to actions..."actions speak louder than words", words can indicate intent or bullsh*t...actions are definitive.
On words and actions I will give Putin, though I do not trust him or hold him as the embodiment of Christian virtue (being a womanizer and chummy with nefarious regimes around the globe) he is consistent with his words and actions...though at times he can be too cute with his cleverness (his acquiescence with taking Western bait, his Russo-centric version of Slavic history) but in general he is consistent. Right now he is poised to take more bait as everyone in his regime is convinced the US and Ukraine are behind these ISIS-K miscreants, fine, prove it with facts, till then it is just hot air...