In our peculiar post-9/11 world, it is apparently less controversial to kill a suspect in cold blood than to hold him in preventive detention. The Post reported on February 14 that the Obama administration has killed many more suspected terrorists than it has captured. According to National Journal, Obama ordered more drone attacks in his first year than President Bush did in two full presidential terms. The Post article suggested that the two developments may not be unrelated. A dead suspect, after all, has no right to habeas corpus; and with a dead suspect, one need not agonize over the choice between civilian criminal court and a military commission.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100503/cole
I'm not sure I totally get liberal morality. Perhaps I am an evil conservative Zionist and hence immoral by ethnicity.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Imprisoning people in Gitmo so that they won't be executed in their home countries: unspeakable evil, must demonstrate against Gitmo
Shooting people on sight: good