The law of unintended consequences, again: "But the [Israeli] psychological warfare appeared to have little effect on the refugees packing up their belongings and heading south, expressing their hatred for Israel — and, to a striking degree in this normally Western-leaning nation — for America, which is seen as the Israelis’ unquestioning backer. “Bush did this,” said Majid Kubaisy, standing in the broken glass and rubble of his sportswear shop in a largely Shiite area of southern Beirut. Residents returned to a desolate landscape of ruined apartment buildings cascading dust and the smell of explosives. Like many of the people who were finding their way back to their old neighborhoods, Mr. Kubaisy blamed the United States as much as Israel for the destruction, saying the conflict had only redoubled his allegiance to Hezbollah."