No subject

an American-trained physician and the scion of one of
Egypt's wealthiest families, said it was close to
impossible to believe that Mr. Hussein possessed such
devastating weapons. Dr. Hossam, whose two children attend
college in the United States, called Mr. Hussein a
"monster." 

But, speaking in a suite decorated with American
paraphernalia, including a photograph of himself with an
American ambassador to Egypt, he said, "If the argument was
so strong, the leadership of the rest of the world would
agree." 

Expressing a general mood of gloom about the outlook for
the American-backed Arab governments, Sari Nasir, an
American-trained professor of sociology at the University
of Jordan, said: "They will become a targets of their own
people." 

"People have asked them to take a stand against the United
States for its support of Israel and they haven't," he
said. "People in the Arab world are much more educated than
before and they resent their regimes." This resentment
would strengthen the hand of such extremist organizations
as Hezbollah and Hamas, he said. 

Across all the conversations in the past several days,
people were assiduous in differentiating between the Bush
administration and the American people. 

There was strong exception to the question posed in the
United States in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks:
"Why do they hate us?" 

Several people said they objected to the anonymous and
derogatory tone of "they." The word "hate" was
inappropriate because the feelings were more of
disappointment and disillusionment, emotions that could be
eased with a change in policies, they said. And "us" was
misleading. The disdain was reserved for Mr. Bush, not
Americans, they said. 

But Mr. Khouri said the feeling of being scorned ran so
deep that it would be tough to reverse. "People have given
up because they don't believe the United States will change
its policy," he said.

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