Obama's speech in Cairo

Barack Obama extends hand of friendship to Muslim world - Times Online: "White House aides warned that the speech will contain few detailed policy prescriptions for the region. Yet they hope that the simple fact of a black American President with a middle name of Hussein, pledging respect for Islam in a leading Arab country, will generate excitement, and less cynicism, in the Muslim world"

On June 4 President Obama is going to give a speech in Cairo. The citation from the article above perhaps summarizes the impact of such a speech. It is beginning to be a little to much "excuse me I'm from the US" over the itinerary of the President for my taste.

Is Obama, in a way like Sonia Sotomayor, using race as a method to diffuse agressions?

We in the West created all this and we will continue to be in the forefront of development is an attitude that should work. If not, there is not much hope for a world that aspires for nothing.