When I said only since the New Left, of course one of the three legs of the post-WWII conservative movement was anti-communism (the other two were, for lack of better terms, libertarianism—think Hayek—and traditionalism—think Kirk) and among anti-communists were hawks. But they were not all, and not all of them were foreign adventurists.
I am a libertarian on the role of government, particularly in the marketplace and the social welfare net.
On that issue, Paul was the wrong messenger with the right message.
As a national candidate he had no prayer. Likely the worst of the lot, and that’s saying something.