When the wave of protest hit the capital, President Akaev’s 15-year-old regime proved to have no defenses.OSH, Kyrgyzstan--When the end came, it looked swift. An opposition demonstration that began at 11:30 in the morning ended three and a half hours later with the president’s offices being stormed. Four and a half hours later, the opposition announced that President Askar Akaev had fled Kyrgyzstan. The collapse was complete: Within the space of half a day, a president of 15 years had been toppled and had then fled, his prime minister has resigned, a leading allegedly political prisoner have been freed, an...