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Tuesday, 1 February 2011
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| Egypt rises |
With wrathful Egyptians flocking to public squares to demand that their country stagger towards democracy, and provide jobs for the tens of thousands of young people who – now educated – have no employment, we find the Obama administration seemingly puzzled by the best response.
The Cat has a suggestion.
President Obama should copy the Marshall Plan, launched after the Second World War to fund the rebuilding of the shattered European states. It was an altruistic act, and a highly effective one. It not only helped the Europeans rebuild their bombed cities, it also won their hearts and minds, and converted many to the power of democracy, American-style.
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