no lib actually thinks that people dying is a bad thing in all cases. if it were 3000 war criminals, or 3000 syrian "militants," or 3000 iraqi republican guard, etc they'd be fine with it. this purely a case of generic americans not being on their list of groups they're bloodthirsty about.
As long as it was the 'right' Americans, they would be ok with them being on the list. They pretend to act like violence is always wrong, all while ignoring the fact the entire world (and especially the USA) utilises violence constantly, and that they themselves are fine with it.
one of the on this site last week dropped the incredibly galaxy brained take that putin invaded ukraine because it was "the will of the russian people"
out of all the things I wanted to say, I just left him with "thank you for admitting america deserved 9/11"