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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?
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