但是，布什自2001年恐怖袭击以来背离了保守主义。 他寻求改造中东，其途径不仅是推翻阿富汗的塔利班政权和伊拉克的萨达姆政权，而且还高声呼吁民主化。
But Bush, following the terrorist attacks of 2001, turned his back on conservatism.  He sought to radically reinvent the Middle East, not only by overthrowing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, but also through his strident calls for democratization.