providing him options if in fact there is a done flikt wis is a . there were mortars shot into the diplomatic quarter by what the u.s. believes is pro iranian militias, also rockets fired in the vicinity of the u.s. consulate in basra. however none of that seems serious enough to warrant something like plans being made for possible military action in iran. we do have to say that sinpresit trump has taken office, he has taken a very hard line toward the iranians, tightened sanctions to a huge degree and of course john bolton himself also someone who has been very, very tough on iran in the past and issued some pretty staunch threats against the iranians as well. and lastly on turkey, the president warns them not to go after the kurds. then he says that the kurds can t provoke turkey. so give us context to all this.
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
slamming the president s energy policy suggesting the president wants to see higher prices and summing it up this way. this is what the president s agenda, it s not about you, it s not about you, it s not about your quality of life, it s not about your jobs, it s about some phony ideal, some phony theology. oh, not a theology based on the bible, a different theology. that phrase, a different theology, sparked the controversy which senator santorum at first initially seemed to embrace. here s what he said when asked about it later that same day. obviously, he is now forcing people to do things he believes they have the right they should do. the catholic church has a theology that says this is a wrong and he s saying, no, i ve got a different i ve got a different you want to call it theology, you may want to call it secular value, whatever you want to call it, it s a different moral values. the president of the united states is exercising his values and trumping the