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[H.G.Muller]

If they started the lawsuit, they would still be the plaintiff. No matter if there would be a counter-claim.

If you are rich enough I guess you could sue, and eventually break anyone, no matter how much in the wrong you are. There is not much incentive to do that in this case, though, because there is not really anything to gain. In the hypothetical and unlikely situation that ICGA would be found guilty of defamation, having to pay damages, they would simply immediately apply for bankrupcy, and no cent would ever be payed. They can hardly scape enough money together to afford printing of their Journal every 3 months... The trophy is wood, not much from melting that either... The people involved would start a new organization, ICGB, and that would be the end of it.

So yes, a fabulously wealthy oil sheik could probably buy a victory in court. A quite hollow victory. Why would anyone want to poor his money down the drain that way? The whole idea seems an utterly ridiculous day dream...