Uh, I've got news for you, but Harry Browne's opinion represnts Harry Browne, not all libertarians, which is what you were/are implying. I suspect Browne's sentiments are a minority position among libertarians, and in fact are in opposition to the libertarian philosophy, which is (as I understand it) to not instigate aggression, but if transgressed against, to respond as needed to end the transgression.
And in any case, such a claim is false. Do you want to cede the point to me now or do I have to dig up other quotes from other libertarians which support my assertions? Or would you then claim that I have still selected a non-representative sample? I guess I'd have to commission a Gallup poll on the subject.
Anyway, I think that I have proved my case.
Now it is true that a minority of libertarians would support the War on terror and support the US government. And I always believed that indeed national defense was a proper function of government and that's why I was so shocked at the libertarian reaction. It seemed to me that the libertarians (most of them) were turning their back on their own philosophy.
As someone who's dabbled in LP circles since the late 1970s, and heavily since the late 1980s, I can assure you that Browne represents the majority opinion among the LP rank & file, if not among the "small-l libertarian" bloggers.