Don't condemn the past. Ah, populist sloganeering! A certain dose can be understood in the Tunisian affair - I would say that it is even essential. A popular uprising against a repressive regime, tyrants leaving or having to flee, the forward march of freedom and democracy - how can this not be celebrated with a certain enthusiasm? The hint of exaggeration, however, appears with the simultaneous insults heaped upon previous EU cooperation with the ousted regime and European support for the...