Petro dollars prop up dominos

The fall of Tunisian President Ben Ali could have a domino effect on the entire Arab World if it weren't for petro dollars, writes the conservative daily Lidové noviny: "The next in line could be the long-time Egyptian autocrat Mubarak, Libya's 'mad dog' Gaddafi, or even the rulers of the oil monarchies on the Persian Gulf. There, too, people are dissatisfied, there, too, there are armies of unemployed youths, not to metion the repression of the opposition. But things aren't as easy as that in the world, not even in the Arab World. The dramatic events in Tunisia were very specific. The Tunisian leader couldn't quell his citizens' discontent with oil or gas money like Libya, Algeria or the Gulf countries do."

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