Things which threaten us were, are and always will be of interest. That is not what he was referring to. But the internal politics of every land involve matters that have little interest to us. There is all the difference in the world between dealing with threats, and simply cultivating other people's hatred by meddling in their internal affairs. (And it is not as though we benefit when we do meddle. For some bizarre reason, instead of rebuilding Iraq out of their Oil future revenues, the Administration is running up America's debt. Will we ever see any of that money back--much less actually benefit?) Read Washington paragraph O.
President Bush:The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
It is exactly what the president was referring to.