Are you saying that this thread is like a breed of ponies? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_pony#The_American_Shetland Because this is all I could find when I tried to look look up Shetland's America.
I'm not familiar with Splinter Cell, but I do know about Tom Clancy. So I'm going to say that you think this thread is well written and technically minded.