Yes, a nation with "nothing to lose" is a little hard to imagine...unless it has already been attacked, invaded, and its last strategic positions are about to be overrun. Actual and theoretical examples of such: Hitler in the last days of the Battle of Berlin or Saddam in the last days of the battle of Baghdad or Pakistan with the Indian army entering Karachi and Islamabad.

This is one of the numerous reasons why one may be unwise to contemplate the destruction of a regime by outside force...all depending, of course, on how high you like the stakes when you are gambling with people's lives.

- LH