How Will the Egyptian Revolution End?

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The Middle East is at the moment, in a state of utter political chaos. The populations of many countries are fed up with the ways of their current "presidents" and the poor conditions and poverty that they have been dealing with for many years. What the revolutionaries are doing is certainly amiable but I can't help but wonder if it’s well thought out. Take Egypt as an example. To me it seems that the Egyptian people are riding the wave of Revolution, which can be a dangerous thing. The Egyptians seem to be inspired by the Revolution of Tunisia, its been reported that some protesters are marching with the flag of Tunisia as a symbol of their inspiration. This worries me. Much like the Tunisians, the Egyptians want their current president, Hosni Mubarak, out of office and are calling for his immediate resignation. Just like the Tunisians, the Egyptians have no real plan for what to do if he is ousted. In these revolutions there is no Toussaint L'ouverture, no Washington, and no clear leader who, once all is said and done, could organize the thousands of revolutionaries. Although they are all united now under one cause, the revolutionaries will ultimately have their differences and if there is no one to maintain order civil war could erupt, putting these countries in a worse off place than they were before the revolution started. Take Iraq for example. Millions of people are oppressed by the cruel reign Saddam Hussein. However, they catch a lucky break when America invades in 2003 and removes Hussein from power, freeing the Iraqis from dictatorship and putting the power in the hands of the people. What do the people do with this newfound freedom? If you guessed start a civil war based on slight religious differences then you are correct! The main point that I’m trying to address here is that these revolutions need to get organized if they want to succeed. You can’t have a successful revolution if you live in the present, you need to plan for the future.