The threat is even larger now. Were you an adult during the Reagan years?
I was serving in NATO under President Reagan. I was well out of the Army by almost a decade, but Reagan was so incredibly aggressive, that I just had to do some more military service.
It looked like Reagan was either going to break them, or fight them in total war, and I wanted to be a part of it.
If you think that we are in a more dangerous daily situation today than when we literally didn't know if each day was going to be our last, then you are nuts.