If we’re looking for a vaguely serious answer to a distinctly hypothetical question, I guess the result would have been cheap off-the-shelf purchases (from the US) to make-up for the vast amounts of money which would have been poured into our contribution, until somebody had the guts to say “enough” and pull out.

Hmm… sounds awfully familiar…

Vietnam showed was that being a bigest bully on the block doesn’t mean you will have your own way

That sounds vaguely familiar too!