I don't know about "our" distaste, but it seems that bombing people from space is politically more salable than torturing people.
I don't know... seems like the appeal of Dirty Harry was how he was willing to step over rules to get done what needed to be done (e.g. shooting a sick murderer in the leg, than stepping on the wound until said perp gave up the whereabouts of a girl said perp had raped, tortured, and killed). If there's another terrorist attack on the US, you'll see a lot of things become more "politically salable".