also the actual problem on the ground that s been created here. what you saw secretary mnuchin do is come out, use the backdrop of the white house briefing room to add oomph to sanction turkey if they cross some unspecified red line. the opposite of we have here a strongly worded letter that we have not yet signed. we can do this and we will. but we re not signing it. but let me reiterate we re not doing anything. if you re trying to reassure the lindsey grahams of the world, make no mistake, we re not doing anything yet. this wasn t a policy move, it was a political move. it was 100% of republicans save rand paul are attacking me, i didn t know what i was getting into. i don t think he had any sense of what he was doing. no clear u.s. national interest rationale for what he is doing, got fierce blow back. it was stunning to see. i have a theory on that.