WHO is leading the rebels bombarding Tripoli? Who was in charge of the thousands of people who toppled Mubarak in Tahrir Square in Egypt, or mobilized the thousands who protested in Puerta del Sol in Spain, or directed the demonstrators demanding democracy on the streets of the city of Hamas in Syria?

Nobody.

Nobody as yet.

No idea.

They're like 'an orchestra...without a conductor, [that] would fall silent if anyone were to step onto the podium.'

Perhaps