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I'm inclined to say 'yes'.
Regime change clearly doesn't work and is immensly costly, both in monetary and human terms. My understanding is that (aside from the CIA bending the rules a bit a couple of times) it is illegal for America to do political assasination and I think the same applies to the UK. The only advanced country I know of that openly admits it does is Israel - but why only them?
Look at Iraq - you want rid of Saddam? Drop cruise missiles on all his presidential palaces in the middle of the night. Simple, cheap, effective. If his successor doesn't toe the line, get rid of him too. They'll soon get the hint...
I'm not saying its morally acceptable or condoning it, but clearly regime change is 'on the agenda' so why not do it this way and avoid the toll in human suffering?
The only caveat would be the increased risk of your own heads of state being assasinated, but security is already crazy - I certainly doubt Bush could be killed this way.
Your thoughts?
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