Cornucopia of Compromises

'Seems the past few days have been deluged by compromises. In my country, the government has delegated to assuage the outrage of the populace at the hapless series of plane crashes by sacrificing the affected airline's licence and the aviation minister's job. In the USA, American voters are denying their personal culpabilities in the failure of American society by giving Republicans the axe in parliament. And in Iraq, the majority Shiite parliament is passing into law a set of policies that could herald the return of Saddam's Sunni ex-faithfuls into government. The compromise? Peace, undoubtedly. Now, it's the one compromise I empathise with, God knows they need it. But who's to say this 'deal with the devil' won't entail another compromise...the release of Saddam...