If you’ve not had a chance to watch President Obama’s speech in Cairo, I recommend this site from The New York Times. They’ve placed the video of the speech alongside the text, which makes it easy to follow along, and then if you would like to share your reaction in our comments, we would like to know if you think the speech will help change the Muslim and Arab view of the U.S. role in the world? And for some analysis, we turn to former Foreign Service Officer and FPA blogger Mark Dillen, who offers this roundup of the speech, and the FPA’s Egypt blogger Nathan Field examines Egyptian reactions to the speech.
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I really liked this part of the speech in which President Obama challenged the prevailing view of the U.S.:
It remains to be seen how this will resonate around the world, and if these words are enough to challenge stereotypes. I think it will at least start a discussion about the casual anti-Americanism that remains acceptable (and even expected) in certain quarters.
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