Your opinion is at odds with international law. Guess which one the Obama administration cares about more?
As a general principle, international law permits the use of lethal force against individuals and groups that pose an imminent threat to a country, and officials said that was the standard used in adding names to the list of targets. In addition, Congress approved the use of military force against Al Qaeda after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. People on the target list are considered to be military enemies of the United States and therefore not subject to the ban on political assassination first approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/world/middleeast/07yemen.html?hpFYI, Awlaki is an imminent threat.
The danger Awlaki poses to this country is no longer confined to words,” said an American official, who like other current and former officials interviewed for this article spoke of the classified counterterrorism measures on the condition of anonymity. “
He’s gotten involved in plots.”
The official added: “The United States works, exactly as the American people expect, to overcome threats to their security, and this individual — through his own actions — has become one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/world/middleeast/07yemen.html?hp 
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