Also kinda funny is the NYT reaction to this in 1920 https://www.nytimes.com/1921/12/01/archives/lenin-expects-us-to-fight-japan-he-was-surprised-britain-and.html
"LENIN EXPECTS US TO FIGHT JAPAN" I'm not paying those bastards to read the rest of their garbage article, but it's a pretty funny headline.
I mean if you were gonna retire this year anyway isn't it just free money?