I'd like to have cut off the first 3 minutes as well. The show sucks but this episode was kinda interesting because they had real Green Berets and Spetsnaz. The Green Berets were in PR mode, all gung-ho "We're #1 high tech big win" while the Spetsnaz guys just glared silently and occasionally muttered scary things like "I kill."
In their own patronizing way, the western military believed they had a lot to teach the Russians. They thought in terms of method... when in fact it was a matter of philosophy.