Tag: obama speech june 4

• June 4, 2009

  Can Obama Turn a New Page in the American Muslim Relationship in the Cairo Speech

  

  Full article here. Excerpts below from Shadi Hamid’s,

  How Can the U.S. President Speak to Two Audiences at Once?

  “The anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding.”

  So declared President Barack Obama during his celebrated speech on race in March 2008. He was speaking, of course, about America’s history of slavery and segregation. But he might as well have been speaking about the anger felt by millions of Arabs and Muslims – and the tragic legacy of American involvement in the Middle East.

  President Barack Obama will give his highly anticipated address to the Muslim world on June 4th. His choice of Egypt as the venue presents risks but also offers the opportunity for a potentially groundbreaking address – one that attempts not only to explain American policy but to

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