You know, I just love the way the Japanese portray americans in fiction. It would be offensive if it wasn't so goddamn funny.

I heard that some SF dev (Yoshinori Ono?) at some point apologized for Blanka, thinking he was so offensive the only reason nobody filed a complaint was because our collective ulcers exploded… only to be met with the fact that huelanders actually love the rainforest electric ogre.

Guile was meant to be the 80s ultra-american macho action movie star parody, and was a welcome character likewise. I guess they just kept pushing the envelope on how many burgers, guns and bald eagles they can cram in a single character.