I do believe predator was overhead —thats why he was painting tatgets. Buy Spectre overhead...? Hmmm...that one is iffy. I think they thought it would get shot down....that did happen once with the AC-130.
They thought they were cutting their losses and avoiding a Blackhawk Down scenario before an election.
The moral and ethical conclusion about 0bama is exactly the same either way.
The means was there to defend our people and he chose to do nothing.