that were more knowledgeable than myself, like stan mcchrystal. my point was to know that people who really are in the know are concerned that our use of drones, while effective on one hand -- we certainly, one can quibble whether every last person ought to have been targeted, we are knocking out a lot of al qaeda leaders. but is it reaching the point of minimal returns? general mcchrystal's point is that we don't understand how much of the united states is becoming hated around the region because of the of drone strikes. my concern as a lawyer is that we are also losing support of our strong allies in europe, who really were willing to give president obama the benefit of a doubt in a way they were not willing to give president bush. these drone strikes have really ramped up the european public, their parliament, their journalists are putting pressure on their governments to say why aren't you saying