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ou can't expect people who have lived their entire lives following certain patterns and expecting certain limitations to be freed one day from the other and expect them to pick up life as usual. And if you don't believe that just take a look at what happened in (former) Eastern Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan, and so on.
I agree that it might be difficult and agree in general with your post. In fact there is a post on my blog about it.
But if I may nitpick, your examples don't really hold up. East Germany changed dramatically after the fall of the wall. In fact the current chancellor is from former east Germany. Iraq never had a problem with censorship (atleast compared to Iran) - and after fall of Saddam the spread of information has only improved. Saddam's hanging was infact spread through mobile phones. Afghanistan was a hellhole for information, it still is. But I would say that the current situation in Afganistan is waay better than what it was under the Taliban (what with the destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas and all).
So it appears that the examples you gave are not those of pure chaos, but of rapid and dramatic improvements.