I once had this discussion with an American and he would not accept that the SAS/SBS are the best in the world at what they do, even though our special forces trainedtheir special forces. In world war 2, Hitler was terrified of our commando's and when the German soldiers heard bagpipes coming they knew they were in for a severe kicking as the Scottish regiments were equally feared.

Put it this way, if I was in a hhostage situation I would rest easy knowing British troops were coming to rescue me but would be scared if I thought it was the Americans (ever heard of 'Friendly Fire'?), thanks to the Russian example with the school I would be terrified if I thought the Spetznatz were coming for me