HAYEK GET YOUR GUN.

The Libertarian Moment, ladies and gentlemen:

Sen. Rand Paul’s position atop the isolationist wing of the Republican Party has fueled his political rise, but his supporters are far more enthusiastic than the general public about any American military action against the Islamic State. 

The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that 44% of the people who hold a favorable view of the Kentucky Republican want the U.S. to become more involved in world affairs. About a third of Mr. Paul’s supporters said the country should become less involved and 17% said the current level of engagement is appropriate.

Senator Paul himself has found the moment opportune for a fit of war fever, leaving Rep. Justin Amash as the new front-man for libertarian foreign policy (look, big pixels at Reason.com!): after the lumbering hulk of Dick Cheney read the riot act to Congressional Republicans, Breitbart.com recorded this:

Amash disagreed with reporters that Republican hawks were coming back into the party. 

“Did you see my election?” he replied.

As goes Michigan's Third Congressional District, so goes the GOP! Hold on, the follow-up is even better:

Another anti-interventionist Congressman, Rep. Thomas Massie R-KY, was a little softer towards Cheney, politely telling reporters that he wouldn’t criticize the former Vice President after he took the time to visit with the Republican conference. 

“His advice was mainly to spend more money on the military,” he said, adding that he believed that Congress should “spend less money on everything.”

They're playing good crap, bad crap.

Always remember: it's a scam. Libertarians don't really care much about the social issues that many people associate with them. And in foreign policy they are clearly in accord with traditional U.S. political realities, i.e. full of shit. The limited-gummint they're serious about is very specific: They want to transfer as much of the economic power that currently resides in our government (the "takers") to a few rich fucks (the "makers"). And to get this economic power, they have to first get political power. That's why Paul's doing a war dance with the statists. What the hell, it's just going to cost some human lives, and since when have libertarians cared about those?

UPDATE. Speaking of Cheney, Dan Froomkin spots a lovely correction in the Times:

An earlier version of a summary with this article misstated the former title of Dick Cheney. He was vice president, not president.

"Easy mistake to make," says Froomkin.

UPDATE 2. In comments, LookWhosInTheFreezer:

Somebody must have told Paul that ISIS is pro-union and supports minimum wage.