Now THAT is a good question. The Finns who put a big hurtin’ on the Soviets in the Winter War certainly were not wusses. For instance, read up on Simo Hayha.
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/hayha.html
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But once upon a time the Romans conquered the known world, Scandinavians were the terror of western Europe, and Mongols controlled all of Asia and Britain controlled the globe.
Why do populations go from great to pathetic, mediocre and emasculated?
Maybe at some point the sum total of masculine genes are lost through too many wars and what you are left with we see in western Europe today.