I mean, it worked for Vietnam. It doesn't always work, but if the alternative is that the bigger side in an asymmetric conflict just gets to have your country f

I mean, it worked for Vietnam. It doesn't always work, but if the alternative is that the bigger side in an asymmetric conflict just gets to have your country for free, along with any smaller non-aligned countries they want, growing and growing in size until they form some kind of ... union of republics... then maybe it's worth putting up a fight?