A Great Day for American Foreign Policy Posted by Michael Cohen

Today in Russia, President Barack Obama said something that, as a foreign policy wonk, truly made me smile:

America cannot and should not seek to impose any system of government on any other country, nor would we presume to choose which party or individual should run a country. And we haven't always done what we should have on that front.

Even as we meet here today, America supports now the restoration of the democratically-elected President of Honduras, even though he has strongly opposed American policies. We do so not because we agree with him. We do so because we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not.

These words literally made me light-headed. The first part of what the President said is sort of boilerplate: we won't impose democracy or our system of government on another country, yada-yada, even when we do. But the second part is what we in the business call, walking the walk.

Few things did more to lessen US credibility on the issue of democracy promotion than the Bush Administration's propensity to push for democratic election - and then throw a hissy fit when our candidate did not win. The 2005 victory of Hamas in Palestine is perhaps the quintessential example.  For America to have any credibility as a voice for democratic reform we simply must adhere to the universal values that we regularly trumpet -- even when the results don't turn out in our favor.

Today in Moscow that is precisely what Barack Obama did.

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