He wouldn't commit suicide though.

That would make him the real coward he is and he couldn't live with that (no pun intended).  He hates himself more than even he realizes.  His only hope is that some country will hate him so much that they are willing to kill him along with many others.  Thus, he assumes, he will be written up as a martyr in any history book.  Megalomaniacs just don't understand.  forever and a day...........marge