No it wasn't. It was exactly what I stated. I don't care what Hillary told you. The three new constitutions that came from the uprising (Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya) were all liberal. The Arab Spring was evidence that the Islamist philosophy had become bankrupt. This is one of the reasons they lash out so violently now. 9/11, Al-Qaeda, and the so-called Islamic State are all only symptoms.
As for the Arab Spring being a disaster, I would point out that it took the French over a hundred years to get democracy right after the French Revolution. In the mean time, they elected Napoleon, who went on to terrorize Europe and the Middle East and proclaim himself Emperor. And still, during World War II, French democracy took a back seat to Vichy France. I would also point out our own history, where we fought a "Revolution" after declaring that all men are equal. Still, we had to later fight a civil war to free slaves. Still, we had to march for civil rights.
The Arab Spring was merely a step in a process. We Americans are far too quick to declare the failure in others. Cosuder this as well...
Since it took Western financial backing and support to ensure the stability of dictators during the Cold War, its stands to reason that Western financial backing and support is also necessary to help strengthen new democracies. The United States committed $128 billion in today’s dollars during the four years of the Marshall Plan in post-World War II Western Europe. In the first year and a half after the Arab Spring uprisings,
the United States proposed only $2.2 billion in new aid to affected countries in the MENA. The United States gave Muslim dictators far much more of a chance to survive than it gave these new Muslim democracies.
Like I stated before, our foreign policy is wrong headed because we remain ignorant to shat is happening right before our very eyes.