IF you were a clever terrorist and wanted to paralyze Man hattan in the way that Mum bai was paralyzed last month, you wouldn't send a boatload of men armed with assault rifles into the city.
That strategy just wouldn't work, no matter how highly trained the terrorists were. (And, having witnessed the battles between the Mumbai terrorists and Indian security forces, I can assure the reader that these terrorists were thoroughly prepared.)
The NYPD has begun extra training in the wake of Mumbai - but a fight against such gunmen is precisely the terrorist scenario for which New York has been overwhelmingly prepared ever since 9/11. Hence the heavily armed cops in body armor in Grand Central and Penn Stations and in other potential targets, like Times Square.
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My Comment: I hope the New York Post is right.