You are absolutely correct. Wikileaks published a cable that said (paraphrasing) that the US was unsatisfied with Ben Ali and wouldn't mind if he went. This onl

You are absolutely correct. Wikileaks published a cable that said (paraphrasing) that the US was unsatisfied with Ben Ali and wouldn't mind if he went. This only helped the Tunisians understand their own government, and what was possible politically.