The Orange presidential aspirant defines the term “compromise candidate”.
A heading in tayyar.org caught my attention today : “Aoun To MBC: I don’t think we’ll reach November 24 without agreeing on who the next President will be”
Now the word ‘agree’ in Arabic (natafaham) can also mean ‘compromise’, so I thought: Could it be? Aoun wants to compromise?
I went ahead, eager to read the transcript of the interview with MBC for signs that the great general could have made a great concession, until I hit a wall:
When asked if he thinks a compromise candidate could be reached, (Ra’ees Tawafuki), this is how he replied:
Translation (Mine):
To us, a compromise candidate is someone who has a program, has the ability to abide by it and force it on others. Everything else is a waste of time.
You have to give it to Mr. Aoun. Only he can compromise with you and force you in the same breath.
Or perhaps he’s just wasting our time.
Hello, my name is Mustapha and I've been blogging about Lebanese society, business and politics since February 2005.
no comment
then why comment?
Aoun and Nassrallah’s definition of the word “compromise” is “My way or the highway”. Nothing new here.
that’s not new. he had said the exact same thing with marcel on kalam el nass a little while ago.
Mustappha:
Have you changed your mind on what you wrote in an earlier post that:
“Michel Aoun is a man that this blogger greatly respects”
http://beirutspring.blogspot.com/2005/09/harb-for-president.html
??
Ramzi,
Would I be the only person changing his mind on Aoun
?