Compassion does not mean what most people think it means.  It is not passive and it is not always soft.  It is keeping a persons best interest in mind and acting on it.  

Exactly who's interest is it in to enable Joe or people like him?  Or to show him a soft landing?  

Joe knows what he is doing.  He has been prodded to step aside.  If he doesn't then what happens to him should be held up as a warning to others that may be tempted to aggrandize themselves at the expense of others.

Don't forget, this guy feeds off of war.  He has also been a primary enabler of GW to continue and even escalate the carnage.

It is in everyones best interest, even Joes, to stop Joe in no uncertain terms.

Maybe you've never seen the wrathful diety paintings in Tibetan Buddhism?  They're half of the entire school of thought.

I'm not just spouting off.