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There is a duplicity when the West calls for democratic due process now when not long ago fairness was not a prerequisite for government-facilitated business deals.

It looks like a great outcome. Sure, many observers feel nervous about an army-controlled transition to democracy.

As Maureen Dowd from the NY Times notes “Cleopatra’s Egypt was modern in ancient times and Mubarak’s Egypt is ancient in modern times.”

We photographers have learned to notice the difference between the politicians “grip n’ grin” in those terrible staples called “photo opps” and the real thing. Mandela would always be real.