these iconic areas and structures, it means that they're looking at something large, and if you hear about that these days, you don't wait. you strike, you strike, particularly at headquarters and that's where the northern pakistan, the border is the headquarters. >> bret: and mara, the left has been fairly silent. >> we haven't heard anything about this. i think that the left is against the escalation of the war. i don't knowi i don't think they're going to focus on drone attacks, they've never made that a kind of specific issue, but i think that come december, especially next summer, you are going to see some demands for probably a greater pulldown than there will be, but if it's successful and it looks like the war is working, i think a lot of that, those complaints go away. >> bret: last word, bill. >> okay, spoke president obama said something leakike i can't afford to lose the democratic