things that have happened in the relations between the u.s. and iran. you mentioned those more are tars being fired in the vicinity of the u.s. embassy in baghdad, and also there was the konsz coe that was closed in basra. the u.s. believe there were pro iranian iraqi militias who may have been behind that. but it seem this is due to the hard line of the u.s. president and john bolton. national security council of course is tasked with providing options. they do this on a range of topics, not just on iran, but in this case it seems to be if these reports are true, something where they have been extremely hard lined on this topic and that is certainly something that meshes with president trump's policy and certainly with john bolton's views and policy as well. >> and finally, fred, on turkey, on the turkey developments, the president warning turkey not to go after the kurds and allies as it leaves syria, but then he says that the kurds can't provoke turkey. these sides are both allies of