[gnarledmaw]

"It would be best if we nipped this in the bud immediately, so that pretty much insures that we won't do it.

Maybe but how? Militarily we are going to be spread pretty thin the way it is. Are you suggesting a specific solution "designed for an idividual" or are you leaning more toward economic considerations? How do we intervene?

[Space Wrangler]

Well, my idea would be up close and personal directly with the man who is the threat. In a very public and prejudiced manner. Then hang his body from a traffic light for several days, lest any other ambitious tyrants be waiting in the wings. That's just me though.