The time is approaching when the Obama administration will announce the outcome of its negotiations with Iran regarding the rogue nation's burgeoning nuclear program.
And Secretary of State John Kerry says it's in the hands of a higher power.
Allah, in fact.
As in "inshallah," the phrase commonly understood to mean if Allah wills it, although Middle East experts say it also can mean "if Allah wills it, but I doubt it."
That was Kerry's response to a question about whether or not an agreement will be reached. According to the Gateway Pundit blog, Laura Rozen tweeted: "Friend of colleague ran into @JohnKerry at chocolate shop tdy. She said friends in #Iran are looking forward to deal. He said 'inshallah.'"
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The brief report unleashed a tidal wave of antipathy toward Kerry and President Obama from readers of the Gateway Pundit post.
Wrote Zander Kelly: "Obama is delusional, he sees Iran as a big warm teddy bear he can snuggle up to; Obama is a misanthropic moron. There is zero change that this Stone Age theocracy will magically transform itself into a responsible member of the international community; and yet, Obama is handing them nukes on a silver platter?
"Anyone with two functioning neurons has to realize that if Iran does develop nukes, it will use them; and when they do, they will be retaliated against in kind."
Other commenters were even less complimentary of Obama.
"Obama is literally insane," wrote D.C.
"Obama clearly suffers an antisocial personality disorder. Obama is a narcissistic sociopath," added Jack Koos.
One other comment that "Obama is possessed by the devil" was followed quickly by "Obama is the devil."
"And as Hillary would say, 'At this point, what difference does it make, anyway?'" added another, which was followed by, "As Obama would say, 'It is tee time yet?'"
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The deadline for the nuke deal with Iran and the P5+1 nations of the U.S., France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany is the end of March.
Western sources familiar with the U.S. stances during the negotiations told the Washington Free Beacon that pressure from Iran is likely to force the Americans to offer more concessions than have previously been on the table.
Previous retreats by the rest of the world, the report said, have only "motivated Iran to push harder on issues such as the possibly military dimensions of its nuclear program, as well as continued work on advanced centrifuges and increased sanctions relief."
One Beacon source stated plainly: "Iran has successfully dragged the administration toward their positions to attain massive concessions, and, sensing that kind of weakness, they are seeking to press their advantage to gain further ground on critical points."
Another Beacon source said: "The Iranians have a 100 percent record of getting the Americans to accept their key positions on centrifuges, heavy water and ballistic missiles. They think the Americans want a deal more than they do. By all appearances, they're right.'
A discussion among dozens of highly rated historians regarding Obama and Iran found many stating bluntly that Obama now is in pursuit of a legacy.
"The most lasting legacy of this administration will be the 'pivot' to Iran – away from Israel. Everything that has happened in the Middle East since 2001, including the unnecessary wars and 'surges,' has magnified Iran's importance from the standpoint of U.S. national interests and, to the same extent, diminished Israel's significance," wrote James Livingston.
Added Stephen Kinzer, "If Obama can leave office without any substantial U.S. military engagement in the Middle East, that will be his greatest foreign-policy legacy."
However, Investors Business Daily in a commentary said Obama's goal is the legacy, not necessarily anything that would help the U.S.
"The U.S. is giving away the store, the farm and the kitchen sink to Tehran while the terror regime retains nuclear bomb-making capability," it said. "For President Obama, a fabricated legacy trumps security."
The article noted former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton warned Obama's biggest legacy "could be a thoroughly nuclear-weaponized Middle East."
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who just won re-election despite opposition from the White House, repeatedly has warned that American negotiations with Iran have failed to impose a penalty for aggression.
And he said Israel will continue to oppose what it perceives as threats.
"We will never close our eyes and we will continue to operate against every threat in every generation, and of course in this generation," he said.
Associated Press reported as the deadline approached, Iran was considering demands in several additional areas, such as the levels allowed for its uranium enrichment program.
As for the deadline, Russian officials left the meetings Monday, with plans to return Tuesday "if there is a realistic chance for a deal," AP reported.
Foreign Policy noted that some of the harshest opposition is coming from France, which has one key focal point.
"France wants an agreement, but a robust one that really guarantees that Iran can have access to civilian nuclear power, but not the atomic bomb," said Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
At the Jerusalem Post, Obama was being compared to Haman of the Old Testament's story of Esther.
"The president of the United States is lashing out at Israel just like Haman lashed out at the Jews," said Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. "I'm not making a political statement. I'm making a Jewish statement."
A woman in the audience shouted at him, and was booed by the crowd.
Riskin continued, "I am being disrespectful because the president of the United States was disrespectful to my prime minister, to my country, to my future and to the future of the world."
In the Bible, Haman's plans to destroy the Jews suddenly were reversed, and he found himself facing the death penalty.
Obama largely has kept details of the negotiations secret, even from Congress, whose members are responsible for approving treaties.
The Obama administration has insisted it's an executive agreement, not a treaty, prompting members of Congress to point out that if it's a presidential agreement, a new president could change it.
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