From Mubarak to Marcos: Where are all the despots?

As the Arab Spring grabbed the world's attention, the faces of an unholy trinity of elderly men were always on our television screens. Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, of Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak, of Egypt and Ali Abdullah Saleh, of Yemen, were all struggling to prop up their corrupt, authoritarian regimes in the face of popular uprisings across the Middle East. And, as we watched, one by one, they