For all those reviewers who say this book gives a good idea what it's like to be a special operations soldier-- wrong! I spent twenty years in spec-ops and these charicatures are a disgrace to the men I served with. Clancy is an ex-insurance salesman who has no clue either a) what it's like to serve and b) what combat is like. Having said that, I accept this is fiction and needs to be looked at in that like. As far as that goes, how about bad guys who aren't stupid and good guys who believe in the American way-- such as posse comitatus, trial by jury, etc.? If I wanted to go live in a police state there are plenty of countries I could move to. You want real? Try Andy McNabb's SAS books, or James Webb's Fields of Fire, or Stephen Coonts for air combat or Bob Mayer's special forces books. All those others walked the walk.