Aoun’s Compromise Candidate

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:

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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.