The assassination policy is more pernicious that those who promote can even imagine. Besides being unconstitutional, it also undemines the legitimacy of the government that promotes it. Eventually it will be used internally against political opponents. There is no doubt that any corrupt political party would love such power to keep themselves entrenched. In fact, it arguably has been done to many disfavored groups, but never as officially stated policy. This power is the very definition of tyranny. It has also caused allies of the US to question the nature of their ally, and whether they really want to remain alied to such an unprincipled political power. This is because such power is the same ones that Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler claimed and used. I have personally seen such thoughts expressed in comments in foreign media, especially in Europe. European governments are currently far more responsive to the concerns of their respective populations that the United States government has ever been. This policy will have consequences that will eventually backfire on the United States.

The solution is simple, do as the Goths did: overthrow the empire with the help of the local population. It will happen eventually when the public realize they are better off without the empire than they are with it. The clueless leaders of the last 60 years warped this country beyond recognition. The country has not really been a republic for a long time. It is just now becoming apparent to most of the public.

The crimes the article mentions are unlikely to be punished; but the hubris that led to them will be punished by at least a partial collapse of the US imperium. The US has debased not only its foreign policy but its currency and overextended its military. History has never been kind to countries that make such blunders.