President Bush early on in his administration said that the U.S. policy of trying to purchase stability at the price of supporting these authoritarian regimes was a bad bargain; that authoritarian regimes are not stable, and they needed to open up and give their people a chance to participate in their future.
Hadley discusses President Bush's stance on the need for authoritarian regimes like Mubarak's to open up and allow democratic participation.
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