I also find this stuff* dreary because it's clear that the Very Serious People in Washington want obedient client states in the Middle East. But Very Serious People also have a Very Deep Commitment to Democracy and Human Rights, because that's what we're all about you know, so depending on the person they're either a) completely full of shit or b) get all Tom Friedmanesque about lecturing the "Arab Street" about making "right choices" or some such crap. Great White Father demands his subjects do his bidding and thank him for the opportunity.
*By this stuff I mean the discourse surrounding events like these, not necessarily the events themselves.
