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Survivability? >> i think he's very conscious of that. his primary motivation in all of this is his own personal power and his grip on power, and i think if he is seen to lose this war, then that grip will be severely weakened. so i do think that the risk is of groups around him moving against him in a coup d'etat. at the same time you've got growing popular unrest. so i do think there's a real risk that, you know, as i said, he's a cornered animal. could he lash out? could he escalate, including potentially to the use of nuclear weapons? that's what's on the back of everyone's mind at the mom...