Of course, the problem with your analysis is that no one was trying to be "tough" per se, nor were they combat troops surging forward in a military engagement.
Had this been a real insurrection, the capitol would have been lost, given that Pelosi did not respond to the request for more backup, and the cop that shot this innocent woman would have been riddled with holes and dead himself.
Your analysis is far more ignorant than the premise of this post, if only because you got it 100% backwards, but it IS always refreshing to witness, first hand, the famed compassion of liberals.