Again, it’s interesting about the short term memory loss, on the (bullshit) mountain we discussed earlier. 2001, 2002, all we heard about was “America must spread democracy in the Middle East. We must, even if it means invading a country to get them to have elections.” All we had to do was spread democracy, because democracy was going to keep us safe.

And now we have democracy breaking out in Egypt, in Libya, in Tunisia, but because we didn’t cause it, and we didn’t invade those countries and they’re voting for themselves, now we have a problem with who they selected. Unfortunately with democracy, the whole idea of it is, we don’t get to install the leader of that country. That country gets to install the leader.

Now, you may believe that that leader is not good for America, but that’s not your choice anymore, and a policy eight years ago of spreading democracy throughout the Middle East has suddenly become “as long as they choose the people we find acceptable.”