It is in fact. It is not a "Christian" conservative principle, but it is a conservative principle (or what used to be conservative. Goldwater was also for the repeal of the Income tax and the end to drug prohibition. Those were in fact at one time conservative principles based on a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Neo-conservatives have no principles. They are guided by Dewey's philosophy of Pragmatism which asserts that what is right is conditional upon the end result.
If the end sought is a good cause, then the means do not matter. The problem with this in politics is that the government will never achieve the means. Thus, you will always be left with the pragmatic choice taken to "get there" and are forced to abandon principles.
Freepers would do well to study the Pragmatic philosophers including John Dewey and open their eyes.