tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post3087483902115204040..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Tunisia Dissolves the RCDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-77053832218329560982011-03-09T21:06:55.208-05:002011-03-09T21:06:55.208-05:00At least, the mob in the streets has not yet deman...At least, the mob in the streets has not yet demanded that all former RCD members be banned from future political life. The memories of de-Baathification in Iraq should be fresh enough to remind us of what a disaster that would be. If memory serves, 2 million of the 10 million Tunisians belonged to the official party. <br /><br />At a program of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy today, a visiting Tunisian delegation said they were asking the US government for a modest $2 billion dollars to revive their economy, arguing that it would be a great victory for Arab democracy and warning of disaster for US interests if we did not prove to be generous. I would not want to be the Obama Administration official who defended such a request before the House Appropriations Committee. Several of us suggested they take their request to the EU in Brussels.David Mackhttp://ambdavidmack@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com