Betcha there's more to this story.
Aside from that there is this incident :
The other thing you can't miss in Jordan and Syria is people's anger against the US. On more than occasion, I got shouted at because I live in the US. The most interesting incident was during a visit to a Lebanese refugee camp. I was called by two young Lebanese people, and they asked me whether me and the rest of the delegation visiting their shelter where coming from the US. I said yes. They said: "you better get the hell out of here unless you want us to make a scene". I tried to explain that we are the "good" Americans who are against the war, so they said go back home and change your government. "you can't come here visit us in a shelter that we were sent to because of your tax money and your bombs, and expect us to be nice to you". So me and the other Americans got the hell out of there.
Or maybe some of these incidents he describes happened a little differently than he recalls:
The other thing you can't miss in Jordan and Syria is people's anger against Hezbollah. On more than occasion, I got shouted at because I support Hezbollah. The most interesting incident was during a visit to a Lebanese refugee camp. I was called by two young Lebanese people, and they asked me whether me and the rest of the delegation visiting their shelter where Hezbollah supporters from the US. I said yes. They said: "you douchebags better get the hell out of here unless you want us to make a scene". I tried to explain that we are the "good" Americans who are against the war, so they said go back home and leave us alone. "you can't come here visit us in a shelter that we were sent to because of your support for terrorism, and expect us to be nice to you". So me and the other international socialists got the hell out of there.