It’s simple to understand. In the Obamanation, punch a scumbag terrorist during his arrest and get a kangaroo court in a foreign land far from reporters’ meddling. Kill Americans in a sneak attack and you get free legal counsel, a show trial in NYC, and all the state-run media sycophants you could possibly want.
In better times, Obama and his posse would have been called “traitors”, but today we just call them “democrats”.
You are far from the first to notice the similarities. See this thread on FR.