Sure. Democratization worked in (much of) Eastern Europe, because it was a popular movement (and because there was already some experience — however short — of working representative government). Attempts to democratize the Middle East — Bush’s as well as Obama’s — have been far less successful because the foundation of rule of law and respect for the individual really weren’t there.
Maybe I am mistaken, but isn’t it a rewrite to say that the goal of the Gulf War was the democratization of Iraq? Wasn’t it about Iraq invading Kuwait and murdering Kurds as well as torturing their own people?