You are spot on. All of these purists do not ever put forth in their posturing, who will fight the WOT most effectively. If the answer to that topic was Hillary, then I would vote for her. I want to win (kill or convert all the terrorists) the war on terror. End of argument!
Unfortunately for your thesis, the WOT is not the only issue. Immigration is actually a bigger security issue, IMO, and abortion just a big a moral one.
And, even with a R president, such a Rudy, the WOT will be lost if we can’t kick the Dhimmis out of Congress.
Tancredo/Thompson