President Obama's "major Middle East speech" met with apathy and disappointment in Arab world

(CBS/What's Trending) -  A lot has changed for President Obama since his landmark speech in Cairo in 2009. That speech about American policies in the Middle East brought hope and optimism to Arabs around the world. They foresaw a world with better U.S.-Arab relations.

Two years later, as the war in Iraq carries on, Afghanistan's conflict continues, and the U.S. has given what many Arabs call a mixed intervention and contradictory reactions to the Arab Spring, those sentiments have dissipated. Commonly referred to as a big disappointment by many in the Arab world, today's speech was met with apathy. Lebanese @KarlreMarks seemed to hit a chord because many retweeted this tweet:

Freelance journalist @liamstack shared feelings on the streets in Cairo: 

While that may be the major sentiment of the people, the President of the United States will always get some reaction even if they don't expect to hear anything new.

One of the big questions that people had was if Obama would bring up U.S. ally Bahrain, since that is where the United States' Navy 5th Fleet is based. Others wondered if there would be any mention of Saudi Arabia. While some were surprised when Bahrain was criticized, others said it was not enough.

The big news of the speech was Obama's call for Israel to return to 1967 borders. Such a powder keg of an issue can not be touched without receiving strong feeling on both sides.

The question going forward will be what impact will this speech have? Will it change the drama of the Palestinian-Israeli relations? Will we finally see a two-state solution? Will the United States start to be seen in better light in the Arab world, as it tries to help democracies flourish in Tunisia and Egypt?