WATCHING THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY PIVOT: “Let’s just say I do not recall the same general approval for drone warfare even three months ago when it was all about Pakistan and Afghanistan. Or when it comes to Israel’s use of drones.” Well, anything Israel does is a human-rights violation ex definitio. It’s more complicated for the United States. We commit human-rights violations only when we act against our enemies. Other times, human-rights law requires us to blow things up and kill people. It just depends.