Steve Negus, who has worked as a journalist in Egypt since 1993, is the former editor of the Cairo Times.
The failure to provide for postwar needs has deepened distrust of US intentions.
My neighbor, who like many Egyptians prefers not to see his name in
print, asked me about my nationality the morning the war broke out.
"French?" he inquired hopefully. American, I told him.
Egypt's political agenda is increasingly set by the viewpoints aired on Al Jazeera.


