Obama's Speech Courageous, but is it Legendary?
Gabor Steingart, Spiegel Online | June 5, 2009
Obama has delivered a complaisant speech in the Middle East. ++ "No Western leader before him has been as empathetic and obliging" when addressing the Islamic population. ++
The reciprocal dimension of his approach must not be underestimated, but the response of the Arab world remains to be seen. ++ Whether his speech could join predecessors like King, Reagan or Brandt and initiate a grand step in the reconciliation of East and West is dependent on the ambiguous powers of the Islamic world uniting.
