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"Tourist kills mugger with bare hands"

This is a major headline on the internet today. The type of headline that instantly captures your attention.

It seems that a group of American tourists in Costa Rica were set upon by muggers armed with a handgun and knives. The bad-guys, rather than finding easy pickings, got something they did not bargain for.

Resistance.

"three masked men ran toward them, she said. One held a gun to her head, while the other two pulled out knives."

"one of the tourists, a U.S. military veteran trained in self defense, jumped out of the van and put the gunman in a headlock, according to Limon police chief Luis Hernandez."

Hernandez said the American, whom he refused to identify, struggled with the robber, breaking his collarbone and eventually killing him . . . The other two assailants fled."

"Segura's [the miscreant] . . . died from asphyxiation."

"The U.S. Embassy confirmed the account"

"Costa Rican officials interviewed the Americans, and said they wouldn't charge the U.S. tourist with any crime because he acted in self defense."

[the muggers were armed with a gun and knives. They were using lethal force.]

This specific American tourist is described as being seventy [70] years old and "elderly".

[is the age of seventy "elderly" today!!??]

This is one of those stories where you have to READ BETWEEN THE LINES!!

I can almost tell you with exact metaphysical certitude, that this man, ex-military, was undoubtedly COMBAT ARMS, and served in some sort of elite unit at that.

An ex-military man who had been Special Forces [“Green Beret”], Ranger, Navy SEAL, Marine. Had MORE than a rudimentary knowledge of the martial arts and hand-to-hand combat.

A man who knew how to fight, trained to fight, was willing to fight, and DID fight.

Successfully too!!

[there is a specific Chinese martial arts form called Wing Chun boxing. Designed with women, the "elderly", and physically weak men in mind. Could it be that this ex-military man knew Wing Chun? One specific and popular move in the this martial arts form DOES involve breaking the clavicle. This is what happened to the mugger!]

The villains in this case bit off more than they could chew, and paid for it. Deservedly too!!

An even more dramatic incident of a similar nature occurred some years ago now in France.

A French military man, off duty, was set upon by three “Arabic” men, knife-wielders, intent on killing the Frenchman.

Unbeknownst to the assailants, this Frenchman was a member of an elite military unit whose sole responsibility was guarding the nuclear weapons assets of France, the Force de frappe’. A unit whose personnel, including this particular Frenchman, were adept at martial arts. [what exact form of martial arts this involved was not specified. Probably some combination of savate’ and la lutte’ [French wrestling]]

NOT ONLY WAS THIS FRENCH SERVICEMAN ABLE TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST THE THREE ATTACKERS, HE KILLED ONE OF THEM AND SET THE OTHER TWO TO FLIGHT!!!

This sort of thing occurs. NOT a whole lot, but on rare occasions it does. Gets a LOT of attention when it does! Makes people stand up and CHEER!!

A current list of French “special forces” type units does not show this particular unit of nuclear weapons guards as being active. They may have been disbanded when most of the Force de frappe’ itself was “down-sized”.

As for those "Arabic" men, well, c'est le guerre!!

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