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.
Hasta entonces, Bush y él compartían una concepción del mundo común, que subrayaba la importancia de la religión, la familia tradicional (tal como ambos países la entendían), la disciplina social y el papel del Estado en el apoyo a esas instituciones.