Strange Turn of Events

Recently I read a transcript of A Real Time with Bill Maher program thats got me to thinking about foreign policy. On the program, David Frum makes a good point: Those who are so critical of President Bush's intervention in Iraq, are also critical of his lack of intervention in Sudan. (Specifically Maher in this case.) In other words, Bush is in a strange position, where no matter what he does, its the wrong thing in the eyes of Maher and his ilk.

I find this all especially ironic because George W. Bush in some ways is the most moderate Republican we've had in a long time. He's increased spending significantly, especially on education -- up 40%. He's exacerbated a entitlement problem with his Medicare Drug Benefit plan. And his foreign policy, is Neo-Wilsonian. It seems that Democrats should be embracing Bush as one of the more moderate Republican Presidents. But all the "olive branches" Bush has offered seem only to enrage Democrats more

But specifically I want to dwell on this: The Neo-Wilsonian Bush doctrine that says as Americans we should be spreading Democracy. Isn't this exactly what Democrats used to stand for: doing the right thing to help improve the position of other whether it's in American interests or not?