Did The Democrats Criticize President Bush For Pursuing Such A Foreign Policy?

Obama's Middle East Goal: Tie US Policy Closer To American Values -- Christian Science Monitor

Obama's insistence that US policy in the Middle East support, rather than thwart, popular yearnings for self-rule is a warning to autocrats in the region – and marks an 'update' since his Cairo speech.

Five months into the Arab Spring, President Obama is honing his Middle East strategy with an update to the “new beginning” he proposed for US-Arab relations nearly two years ago in Cairo.

Among the points the president is underscoring: Patience with tyrants is running short – even in cases, like Syria, where fear of an unknown alternative has moderated diplomatic pressures. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not isolated from the changes sweeping the region but demands a solution all the more because of it. And political actors in the new Middle East will be judged more on their actions than on affiliations and past positions.

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My Comment: One thing that I liked about President Obama when he was running for President was his vowed commitment to pursue a foreign policy that would be rooted first in American priorities and interests. After a few years .... it appears that this approach is changing, with a U.S. policy now advocating human rights, democracy, and (I guess) the pursuit of justice. This liberal and moral approach is admirable .... but I know that it will hit the wall of reality in many of the world's conflicts .... and in the end it will fail .... again. My only worry is that usually the road to hell is paved with good intentions .... and I can only hope that we are not going down this road in places like the Middle East, Afghanistan, and any other conflict zone.