capability. .risks certainly in my view is if you lose a predator, it can be shot down, there might be some technology exploitation. i think that's not a big deal nor should it work into the calculation to use them. however, again it it sends a signal to the rebels that we're with you and we're still on your side. i find it a little bit cynical that we're still trying to do this exclusively from the air. there should be as i've said boots on the ground. they don't have to be u.s. boots, but there should be some form of a presence supporting them if in fact we're serious. >> let me ask you one thing about that i don't understand. they're very precision oriented. they can hit a target that it's programmed for. but don't you have to have boots on the ground to tell you what it to hit? isn't it totally dependent so what sort of information you have? >> well, it is dependent on information, but a predator can employ its weapons system, a hell fire missile, for example, but that target can be lazed or designated would i another system and it doesn't have to be