I thought about this when a coworker mentioned in casual conversation that they wondered why a certain head of state (no reason to get into specifics) is not simply done away with to resolve a currently ongoing international conflict. To my knowledge that’s almost never done in the real world because it rarely works as intended. I was wondering if any politics/international relationship experts or avid Hitman/Assassin’s Creed players knows the real reason why this is, and if there’s even a official term for why this is not done in real politics? Thanks.
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Mostly because they just get replaced by somebody similar or in many cases somebody even less desirable who is more paranoid.
For the US there’s an executive order against it (https://dpcld.defense.gov/Portals/49/Documents/Civil/eo-12333-2008.pdf) but that’s not even cut and dry since it was “put aside” to deal w/ terrorist leaders. I’m not sure about worldwide but most countries openly condemn political assassinations, and they rarely happen nowadays.
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