Rationality prevails, surprisingly

The AP has a story by Irina Titova:

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that he sees no ideological grounds for a war with the United States — cold or hot — despite strained relations with Washington and the NATO alliance.
Russia's relations with the US were already at a post-Cold War low when they were further damaged by Russia's war with US ally Georgia in August. Russia has complained vehemently about what it says is a growing US military presence near its borders.
But Medvedev said Wednesday that the Cold War was based on ideological differences between the Soviet Union and the NATO nations. "We do not have such ideological differences around which a new cold or any other kind of war could start," Medvedev said after talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero outside St. Petersburg.
Medvedev said he would not 'dramatize' troubled ties between Russia and NATO, and warned that NATO needs Russia more than Russia needs NATO. He also said the outcome of the US presidential election should not affect relations between Washington and Moscow.

Rico says what, no saber rattling? What a nice change...