Here comes the Iran nuclear deal deadline and, to heighten tension, Iranian foreign minister Mohammed Zarif has run home to check a few things. The media is flooded with articles about the presumed outline of the deal, the increasing warmth between American and Iranian negotiators, and the increasing distance between the U.S. and its former allies Israel and Saudi Arabia. The tide of ink is overwhelming, as befits a potentially earth-shattering (no pun) deal. Interestingly, in the late stages, the swell of opinion, including from some very high-powered Washington players, is running against what appears to be a weak American position. “Obama Ignores the Tehran-Terror Connection” appeared in The Wall Street Journal, and more directly, “Obama Favors for the Mullahs,” which links concessions for the deal to broader errors in Middle East policy. Commentary magazine took the WSJ concerns and turned them into a handy 11-point chart. Even the Washington Post,...(Read Full Article)