White Pastie Faced Doughboys who think they are tough guys...

[H2O Man]

38. Hilarious!

Per "special ops tough guys": one of my father's older brothers was a high-ranking officer in ONI. A WW2 veteran, who helped run US policy in SE Asia after the war.

I remember that when he was 70, and was on vacation with my aunt in Vegas, a group of five low-life thugs (tough-guy heroes to you, perhaps?) attempted to rob them in their motel room. The confrontation began as my relatives were entering their room.

My uncle was a small man, a 5' 6" tall first-generation Irish-American. And, again, 70 years old. He might have appeared to be an easy target for five armed thugs. But he wasn't. Although he was unarmed, he quickly disabled the five larger, armed thugs, before calling law enforcement.

Tough guys do not require weapons. They are weapons.

And intelligent people can distinguish between real tough guys and gangs of cowards.