The supporters of the use of the atomic bomb rejected the idea of dropping one on a deserted island because they did not want to waste one of the remaining bombs.
Even though the use of one of the atomic bombs on an uninhabited location was considered, it was turned down because of practical reasons. There were only two bombs available in August, 1945 and they worried that the demonstration bomb might turn out to be a dud.
The Persian Gulf War was fought to drive out the invading Iraq's troops from Kuwait.
Yes. People usually hire others to influence government officials. For example,we are told that in 2016 Taiwanese officials hired an American senator to set up a phone call with Donald Trump and the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen.