: The incompetence of namby-pamby US authorities ridiculizes America all
: over the world. Waco, Columbine and many other SWAT or anti-terrorist
: operations have been screwed. No matter which agency, US spec-ops just
: suck. Everyone is so diligent about covering his/her ass
: administratively and kevlar-wise that the job never gets done well and
: civilians and officers are getting killed in the end, not to mention the
: resulting PR disaster. It is time to learn from the Russians and the
: Germans.

Learn from the Russians? Oh, yes, they have certainly defused that
whole Chechnya thing. If the Russians had responded to the above incident,
their artillery would have destroyed 3 times as many buildings as the enemy,
they would have shot down an unsuspecting airliner, and the State of Colorado
would be so enraged as to be on the point of secession. Russian interpretation
of Teddy Roosevelt: Talk big, carry a stick, beat yourself with it...

regards,
-------------------------------------------------------