正如一位前白宫顾问指出的那样，小布什“痴迷于把民主带到中东这样的宏大理想，与其父亲谨慎渐进的作风截然不同 ” 。
As one former adviser put it, he was “irresistibly drawn to Big Ideas like bringing democracy to the Middle East, Big Ideas that stood in sharp contrast to the prudent small ball played by his father.”