Incineration Over Incarceration

Quoth the NY Times:

Mr. Obama relies on his predecessor’s aggressive approach in one area to avoid Mr. Bush’s even more aggressive approach in others. By emphasizing drone strikes, Mr. Obama need not bother with the tricky issues of detention and interrogation because terrorists tracked down on his watch are generally incinerated from the sky, not captured and questioned.

To summarize the Times' world view,

Obama ===> drones ===> terrorists "incinerated from the sky" ===> "aggressive approach"

Bush ===> detention and interrogation ===> "more aggressive approach"

The terrorists are surely grateful that President Obama has a softer policy than cowboy George Bush--wouldn't you prefer incineration over incarceration, dear reader?