Marines or Paras?

[Arkady]

Meh, but can they do this:

Hmmm...to which my response would be: "PULL!" while tracking with a nice Holland & Holland...

 

[woadrage]

Meh, but can they do this:

So could Olga Korbut.

 

[Arkady]

So could Olga Korbut.

Fair Play: he is throwing knives at that target; she didn't do that at the Olympics as I recall...

 

[gman]

 

[SK617]

So true!

 

[desantnik]

Just for a serious point for a second, they are counter-terrorist, not hostage rescue troops. They never pretend to be anything else.

And that results in maximum violence....

 

[DemiLion]

I think that you may be mixing up Counter Terrorist with Counter Insurgency.

In most NATO countries hostage rescue is an integral part of CT training for SF troops, or are your guys not flexible enough to cope with more than a basic kill order?