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We have people who's job is to go into a building and kill hostage takers while saving hostages. That's all they do. They train for these kinds of situations all the time. They eat, breathe and shit this stuff. I think it comes down to a question of training. The Russians aren't nearly as well trained for these things. The Spetznaz is trained to kill, that's it. There is no saving of hostages. If the hostages manage to survive somehow, then that's a plus. This is why the Russians have such a bad record when it comes to these situations. There are quiet a few hostage or barricaded suspect incidents each year in the United States, but they normally end with only the badguys in bodybags.
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