Base its there meaning iraq at a lot of cost billions of dollars to build long before my time were not leaving unless they pay us back for it now also threatened to levy sanctions against iraq not just iran he said those sanctions would make the sanctions against iran pale by comparison and then he doubled down on his threat to attack iranian cultural sites if iran were to retaliate for the assassination of hans and. Mr salonica. Mr trump said they are allowed to kill our people theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up armed people and were not allowed to touch their cultural site it doesnt work that way this is what he told reporters on his plane in an on the record conversation well the president is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts there isnt 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict that was a convention that was signed by a number of countries including the United States after massive destruction of cult