I believe that many Arabs in the region, as well as Turks and Persians are rightly ready to give him a chance, or more so let him give his countries tattered reputation a chance - however, his powerful speech, with it's waves of applause will be quickly forgotten if not followed by some good deeds. He now has four main tasks, first to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace in two states, side by side. Second, he must actually quit Iraq, as he promised, not give utopia-like statements that 'I am willing to do so, if you guys are, but I think you guys aren't, so I'm not going to'. Then he has to deal with Iran, and it's nuclear power complications - then if that's not enough, he must change the way Americans look at the middle east, to shred their naive and cynical pragmatism, to a more realistic balance. Then, he must do all of this, without alienating his autocratic allies such as Saudi Arabia, or ditching American's support for democracy and human rights. In a nutshell, the speech as a whole was very impressive, and well delivered and in theory works - but in practice, people are complicated. Countries are even more complicated, however it's inspirational that he has taken this first step, when the last moron could hardly express himself on the Palestinian issue. Kudos to Mr. Obama, let's hope his bite is as strong as his bark. -L