Preparing for Munich

In advance of Steven Spielberg's 'Munich,' this week, ESPN2 last night aired "Our Greatest Hopes, Our Worst Fears: The Tragedy of the Munich Games," made in 2002 for the 30th anniversary of the Munich Olympic games.

If you get the chance to watch it, I strongly recommend the special. It shows how badly the Germans botched the rescue operation, then decided to wash their hands of the situation by appeasing the terrorists to deter any further attacks against Germany. (They staged another hijacking as an excuse to return the terrorists to Syria a month later.)

Some things never change.