Mr Blair admitted yesterday he faced defeat over the 90-day plan, but told a Downing Street press conference he believed any compromise forced on him by Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat MPs would be "a compromise with the nation's security" in the wake of the July bombings in London.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was a compromise forced on Bill Clinton's presidency by a recalcitrant, (then) anti-gay Sam Nunn who stopped Clinton's plans to end discrimination against homosexual men and women serving in the U.S. military.
In fact, Mr. Nusseibeh is the kind of moderate Palestinian who turns off -- even scares off -- both the Palestinian extremists who plan suicide bombings and the no-compromise forces on the Israeli political right.
What is interesting is the compromises forced en route.
He said further verdicts from extra deliberations would amount to "compromised, forced" decisions that would not honestly reflect the jury's views.
While this has allowed it to avoid the compromises forced upon commercial entities -- high prices, sprawl, impersonal atmosphere -- the park is run at a net loss each year.
Ebadi is well aware of the compromises forced on her as she works to curb the Islamic legal system's worst excesses.
Whether the policy shifts will actually accomplish that remains to be seen, given vague language and compromises forced by internal debate, but they represent an effort to set the rules even after he leaves office.
The queasy thrill of prewar espionage doesn't come from the prospect of war, or even the spying; it comes from the moral compromises forced by fear and accommodation.
Planned around a private inner courtyard and crowned with a series of overweight "chimneys" (actually heat exchangers), it is a classic example of the compromises forced on architects when working alongside our grand monuments.
