Wow, not even a jump after 9/11 and barely one for Iraq. It's pretty funny what makes these people tick. Thanks for sharing!
It was too soon. They were widely humiliated after the "Y2K" Armageddon failed to happen, and people didn't forget.
I think it's more that those events led to a period of heightened nationalism and jingoism which is conservatism of a different nature then the anti-government conservatism which comes about when a Democrat is in office and in some cases is even anti-war as I think a lot of militia types are right-leaning anti-war vets.
