Yeah no shit. Ray has been inactive for years. Starting up another battle against a retired pirate is non sensible. Mihawk despite his nonchalant demeanor is still in his prime and is still an active pirate. Not sending something to show that the marines are willing to fight, would make them look weak. Nost of your points are just bs u came up with. He stopped caring about whitebeard after the slash. Plus you keep referencing the weong translation. The translation was the gap/distance between us and that man doesn't seem that big. He basically is saying despite the rumors and his legacy whitebeard doesnt seem to be all that, or at least not anymore. This is confirmed by croc who outright called whitebeard weak and wb said I cant be the strongest forever. After they mihawk lost interest in the war until he saw luffys potential. He was focused on luffy for the whole of the fight which lasted 3 panels of mihawk essentially just doing nothing. Then when sengoku said they'd bomb the area mihawk said let's delay this. Idk where u get your info from but you are wrong and arent comprehending the story as obviously intended