Sullivan Off Again

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/10/saddams-nukes.html

"No one doubts that Iran's regime is a force for instability in the Middle East - although nothing has done more to set back stability and democracy in recent years than the bungled occupation of Iraq."

Maybe stability...but certainly the removal of Saddam and having an elected government can be considered an improvement for democracy. Is this a misspeak?