I am not buying it. Maybe this dude is one of those, who would call Rush Limbaugh and say, I am a registered Republican, but.........
In a different era, possibly in different personal circumstances, Boot was a very interesting, lively, conservative writer for NR who was very perceptive on foreign policy and power. But the vagaries of life, especially daily life, have a major effect on how people see the world "out there."
When you take away morality, a surprising number of us lose our judgment on almost everything else, and become swamp creatures.