found one tough guy

A tense moment before the coiled snake known as the People's Liberation Army gets ready to pounce on a threatening child. Beware, he's got a binky!


A couple of posts ago I asked Who's The Tough Guy? It showed a picture of a courageous Chinese soldier getting ready to go Hammerin' Hank Aaron on a Tibetan monk. Once again this shows the Chinese military has the raw courage of a child molester. Those threatening students at Tienanmen Square were so heavily armed with ideas! Or the comrades in Southern China getting removed from their villages by the goon squad!
Here's a couple real tough guys from our Navy SEALs and the Royal Marnies:

A Royal Marine who threw himself onto an exploding grenade to save the lives of his patrol has been put forward for the UK's highest military honour.

Then there are the fallen heroes. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor goes into that catagory. He will be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.

That September morning, Monsoor and a group of SEAL snipers took up position on a residential rooftop as part of an operation to push into a dangerous section of southern Ramadi. Four insurgents armed with AK-47 rifles came into view, and the SEAL snipers opened fire, killing one and wounding another. Loudspeakers from a mosque broadcast calls for insurgents to rally, and residents blocked off nearby roads with rocks.

Insurgents shot back at the SEAL position with automatic weapons from a moving vehicle and fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the building. The SEALs knew that more attacks were inevitable but continued their mission of protecting the troops clearing the area below, according to an official account.

Monsoor's commander repositioned him in a small hidden location between two SEAL snipers on an outcropping of the roof, facing the most likely route of another insurgent attack. As Monsoor manned his gun, an insurgent lobbed up a hand grenade, which hit Monsoor in the chest and bounced onto the roof.

"Grenade!" Monsoor shouted. But the two snipers and another SEAL on the roof had no time to escape, as Monsoor was closest to the only exit. Monsoor dropped onto the grenade, smothering it with his body. It detonated, and Monsoor died about 30 minutes later from his wounds.

This article came from the Wash Post, the AP gave the heroic story three paragraphs that must have pained them to publish, and the Indy Star posted the story compliments of the LA Times.
Not exactly the playful post I would have liked today.