I guess it really shows how these guys WANTED a good respectable enemy out there in the world. Today I grumble and roll my eyes when I listen to the old men brag about how they demolished saddam and pulverized whatever niche middle eastern band they deployed against in the last 2 decades... but there's something to respect that white guys WANT a good fight. These guys were at the very edge of humanity's combat arts in their day, they wanted to fly out and fight something that could put up a good fight, but there just wasn't anything out there.