In case you haven't heard, peace is about to break out in the Middle East. I realize it doesn't look like that from the headlines: The government just fell in Yemen; Islamic State forces are threatening U.S. Marines in Iraq's Anbar Province; Hezbollah is vowing revenge against Israel for killing the son of one of their beloved mass murderers.
Then there is Iran. Thirty-six years after the Islamic Revolution, the mullahs may finally be warming up to the Great Satan. On Feb. 13, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sent a letter recently to President Barack Obama saying he was open to a more direct alliance against the Islamic State group, if negotiators could iron out a deal on Tehran's nuclear program.
Khamenei has said publicly he is open to a deal. Secretary of State John Kerry has been meeting with his counterpart, Javad Zarif. The meetings! The back channels! Diplomacy!