See my other comment - the parliament building is pretty much meaningless if a foreign power wants to 'take over'. It's not impossible of course, but it would b

See my other comment - the parliament building is pretty much meaningless if a foreign power wants to 'take over'. It's not impossible of course, but it would be prohibitively expensive, as in Afghanistan times a factor X. Using the current situation in the Middle East as an example, one should recognize that a simple 'invasion' is far from taking control over a region.