Ok, I decided to take it easy and work my way from the bottom of the bosses, (not literally, I only do that at work to get ahead...), with the admiral and go from there.
I killed the admiral in nine nuke attacks. Got lots of stuff, (albeit at my level, that stuff is fairly pointless, but I got PRIZES!).
Now, a few hours later, I'm up to Mr. Cabana, (really? who names their kid after a waterside structure? or did they do that because of where they conceived the kid and he's held a grudge ever since that has led him up to being a mean and nasty boss?). I've almost killed him outright with nuke attacks, (had to use my gift supplies to boost my ability to fight him more, but he's 85% dead outright and I'll finish him off in a few hours.)
As for the higher level bosses, I see that they are going to be tough. Will take some determination, cooperation, and effort to bring the big guys down.

Machiavelli