Movement conservatives often think of themselves as very level-headed and rational. Plus, the Persian Gulf War of 1991 was fought with an international coalition and arguably did not have near the whip-up of hatred (other than anti-Saddam) as compared to recent years where some conservatives want to specifically call out a whole religion with language such as "radical Islamic terrorism." And thus, whatever our misgivings about the wisdom of that first war now, could have been viewed at the time as a success of the calm, steady eddie approach.
What if movement conservatives made a conscious decision to specifically avoid focusing on new enemies and what if they're able to carry this approach so that this becomes the mainstream Republican approach?
What if movement conservatives made a conscious decision to specifically avoid focusing on new enemies and what if they're able to carry this approach so that this becomes the mainstream Republican approach?