There is no such thing as losing horrible anymore. The reason why the wars are so mild now and hidden is because a world war now would be the last humanity would see....if you get my drift. A country on the brink of defeat would easily hit the big shiny red button holding all the nukes. That is why I love and hate nuclear weapons at the same time. Keeps the big boys in check and at the same times prevents countries doing more risky things but on the negative side it can clean the earth of most life.