measures, aaron cohen is a security expert who spent three years in the special operations unit and founder of cherry s covert ops apparel. we see these raids playing out across belgium on sunday, almost two dozen. big picture. take a step back. how good are the belgians when it comes to this kind of thing, this counter terrorism? the belgians special operations capabilities have gotten better over the last ten years but i do not think they are quite at the level of paris. the reason why is paris is a bigger city. they have a lot more concerted counter terror officers and cape i believes when it comes to special operations. but overall the fact that there s been multiple nations actively involved or engaged on the global war on terror everybody seems to be getting better. they tend to follow the u.s. protocols and tactics. similar gear, similar weaponry. changes in paris and belgium.