The great problem the right faces is that the people in control of the GOP are just rightist statists who are only interested in winning elections to enjoy the spoils of office. They refuse, for that and other reasons, to see the damage politics and financial policy are doing to the lives and prospects of ‘real Americans’. In fact the GOP leadership really has true contempt for the middle class struggling to stay middle class and raise children who aren't drugged out debauchees.
“Unfortunately they are beset by incredible hubris and arrogance and naivety about anything touching on foreign policy or military affairs”
You are a far better person than I, Don Quixote. It must be that wombat blood.
“I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” —Shaw
Though the attribution is questionable, the sentiment is suitable. You’re correct that libertarians have some good ideas, but piercing the veil of hubris is like wrestling pigs.