What you have to assess is whether you have the will to fight.
If I am cheated or betrayed, I will react.
All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.
A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.
If somebody trusts me, then I will reciprocate.
However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.