Why are so many willing to compromise when they're getting nothing in return? Are they part of the Obama administration or something? It's hard to see how this compromise helps address the problem that he already has with the existing model.
New Zealand says it is going to compromise with Japan at international whaling talks and agree to some whales being hunted.
New Zealand whaling commissioner Sir Geoffrey Palmer says he will put the proposal forward at the next meeting of the International Whaling Commission in June because allowing some whales to be killed is the best way to control the large number being hunted by the Japanese.
"The problem here is that there is no effective international control over the number of whales that are being killed," he said.
"If that could be secured that would be very good.
"An emotional attachment to a moratorium that isn't working is not, in my view, realistic."
