If you start a coup, don't stop halfway through. Odds are you are going to end up dead either way, so take the small chance you've got of actually winning.
We knew (at least strongly suspected) that an early death was eventual. There is no way in hell, I would have been anywhere near that guy.
It is funny because they mention air defenses, so... ya. Like when a police car kills a person, vs a drunk driver (not a car) kills a person.
I’d vote for Omar and his code in a heartbeat over most the gangsters in suits we must choose from in real life.