[palmotea]

> #1 is a net-better outcome for everyone else than doing nothing.

You kill some corrupt guy, just to replace him with another corrupt guy who's in the leader's good-graces. How is that "a net-better outcome for everyone else"?

[vkou]

Another possibility exists - the new one might well be less corrupt.

Given that this one took nearly half a billion, it is, in fact, quite likely.