Surrender before a battle? Not me, friends. I'll fight on alone if I have to. The national honor is at stake.
Seriously, we can do one of several things, as has already been noted.
1) Continue to pare down the ranks on both sides until we have two even teams of people who we
know will see the war through.
2) Have some Americans "double-up" on empires until new recruits show up.
So... any volunteers to replace Gecko as our Fearless Leader?