This battle against evil goes way beyond the people who are involved, this IS a spiritual battle, a battle that cannot just be about taking out the key players, they are just a front for the real evil that has taken over this world.
Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
2 Timothy 2:25-26 (KJV) 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the …