Meh. I'd argue that point. There were plenty of rough and ready men in the British empire after we left. They ran the British Raj. They scrambled for Africa. They shut down the slave trade and took control of the seas from the N African Barbary states. They fought Napoleon and won. They fought the Chinese empire and won. The really rough ones ended up on an island penal colony and now we call them Aussies - and I don't think anyone wants to stand in a bar in Melbourne and call Aussies "weak ass losers."

I wouldn't count the Brits out just yet.