George W. Bush went to war with Iraq in 2003 to change the government. He expected regime change in Baghdad to lead to a democratic Iraq, a development that would in turn transform the region when people elsewhere in the Arab world saw this example and forced their own governments to follow suit.
有关这个问题的讨论，在对待伊拉克问题上显得尤为激烈。小布什2003年发动了对伊战争，并且推翻了其政权。他希望通过对巴格达政权的改变可以将伊拉克民主化，从而使得周边的阿拉伯国家受到影响，迫使他们也向民主转型。