▁the ▁Ira q ▁War ▁was ▁motiv ated ▁by ▁similar ▁ten ets . ▁The ▁motiv ation ▁was ▁at ▁first ▁that ▁Ira q ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁weapons ▁of ▁mass ▁destruction ▁and ▁connections ▁to ▁Al - Q a eda . ▁However , ▁when ▁the ▁Bush - ▁and ▁Bla ir - admin istr ations ▁didn ' t ▁find ▁any ▁evidence ▁to ▁support ▁either ▁of ▁these ▁theories , ▁the ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁the ▁war ▁was ▁changed . ▁In ▁the ▁new ▁motiv ation , ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁S add am ▁Hus sein ▁had ▁committed ▁cr imes ▁against ▁his ▁own ▁population . ▁Taylor ▁means ▁that ▁in ▁modern ▁times , ▁war ▁has ▁to ▁be ▁" con ce aled " ▁under ▁a ▁r het or ic ▁of ▁human itar ian ▁aid , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁these ▁wars ▁often ▁cause ▁human itar ian ▁cr ises . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 th - century , ▁sl ums ▁were ▁increasing ▁in ▁number ▁and ▁size ▁across ▁the ▁western ▁world . ▁C riminal ity , ▁ill ness , ▁alco hol ism ▁and ▁prost itution ▁was ▁common ▁in ▁these ▁areas , ▁and ▁the ▁middle ▁class ▁considered ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁these ▁sl ums ▁as ▁" un m oral " ▁and ▁" la zy ". ▁The ▁middle ▁class ▁also ▁fe ared ▁that ▁this ▁under class ▁sooner ▁or ▁later ▁would ▁" take ▁over " ▁because ▁the ▁population ▁growth ▁was ▁greater ▁in ▁these ▁sl ums ▁than ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁class . ▁This ▁fear ▁gave ▁rise ▁to ▁the