this is in the egyptian city of mahallah on the 28th of january. those are police vehicles there, moving out. a tank is looking on the scene. protestors are everywhere. on the top of your screen, they're just mowing down folks. they don't seem to care if they hit anyone. soldiers aren't doing anything. the protestors watch up to the vehicle, start rocking it back and forth. looks like they may have pulled the driver out. they succeed in turning over the entire vehicle. let's just watch. we don't know what happens next. the same can be said for egypt itself. we don't know what will happen next. neither does washington, the white house. the question is should they have been better prepared? jackson diehl wrote a column. last april they went a letter to