'Now there's some bad dudes.'
Hard, but fair.
My father was regularly in the US, training with the US Marines. They always exchanged small items as a sign of mutual respect. My father gave me a number of these US Marine items (badges, jackets etc) which I will always treasure.
He always loved the US and it's people - although he wasn't so impressed with San Fran, I have to say. He nearly got killed for knocking out a gay man that was cracking on to him.