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The article explains on the reasons why the United States is fighting in Iraq. The Bush administration primarily reasoned out that the war is necessary because of the danger posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the benefits of beginning a democratic transformation of the Middle East. Later on, the administration shifted its goals of winning the war to honor the soldiers who have already died. Because of Bush's eagerness to have war with Iraq, alternative theories were given to explain it. One is a psychological one saying that President George W. Bush felt compelled to finish the beginnings of his father in 1991. Meanwhile, the other one explains war as an exercise in old-fashioned imperialism.