Innocent Civilians

I have to agree with what the president said. It is an act of terror to attack civilians with a bomb. Unfortunately, he puts some restrictions on the civilians he's talking about. While he considers it terrorism to attack innocent civilians with a bomb if they are American, he's not as picky when it comes to innocent civilians in other countries (Yemen, Pakistan, etc.). He approves of using drones to drop bombs on innocent children and women in other countries (if there's someone this country doesn't like that may be in the crowd).

How is this any different than bombing innocent Americans? Are the innocent civilians in other countries less important? Do their lives just not matter as much as the lives of Americans?