Sure...lets put assassination on the table as statecraft. They only tried to assassinate Trump three times last year, all three plots were associated with Ukraine.
Bad idea. You’ll just create a martyr by assassinating the Ayatollah. When we overthrew Mossadegh and built nut-shocking SAVAK from the ground up, we made the islamists look like the martyrs and the movement grew. Now we’ll murder the Ayatollah, and have another 20 years of him being idolized and feted... and more terror will be coming.
But then again, looking at DC and the industry, maybe that’s the goal? Ongoing war and terror, and ongoing money and increased centralized power.
If ISRAEL decides to take him out who cares? They ultimately will not need our approval.