Boy, you ask some really interesting questions.
On a historical note - I am VERY anti-war. I could be wrong, but I've always maintained that certain leaders really do have minions who follow them like lost sheep, hanging on to their leader's whims and caprices like it was the best thing since sliced bread. That said, I'm all for assassinations of wayward state leaders. For instance, during the Khmer Rouge period of 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot killed a whole 1/3 to 1/4th of his own people. I believe a surgical strike at Pol Pot himself would've prevented the genocide of millions of Cambodians. The Khmer Rouge would have simply dissolved and, today, we wouldn't even know who The Duke was. (Pol Pot's chief executioner).
I believe surgical strikes at other world leaders, like Genghis Khan, Pinochet, Hitler, Mussolini, etc. would have nipped their unlawful expansions in the bud. Some people believe leaders are simply figureheads for a larger movement. I believe they are the glue that holds the movements together and their survival is an absolute necessity because, like I'd mentioned before, their followers are typically stupid and blind to, and prefer not to acknowledge, the truth.
On a personal note - I dated this Vietnamese guy for 6 months. I wasn't in love with him, nor was I attracted to him, but he loved me, and in the end, as I'm finding out, that's what mattered. Since I felt he was getting in the way of my music career, I gave him $500 and told him goodbye. His crying took me by utter surprise. Who the hell cries for Robin? To this day, I consider that lousy move of mine the greatest bad thing I've done. I would love to go back in time and get back with him. Life, hopefully, would've been better than the sh*t I've experienced since then.
Same question.