[Dr. Frank fan]

State as extension of self: "After the September 2001 terror attacks, we were faced with two options."

Quote does not support your characterization.

[Not a Conservative:] not one of his policy presciption had anything to do with issuing letters of marque and reprisal, insuring a well-armed citizenry, or decentralizing the state. He did not even suggest stripping pensions from the intelligence community heirarchy who so miserably failed their jobs.

So?

[JohnGalt]

Just who is he referring to when he says 'we'?

So?

He is a militarist not a conservative; this is a conservative web site. Makes no difference to me, but there are lots of impressionable mines who might actually start to believe that somehow troop movements in the Middle East have anything to do with conservatism.