More "neo"-conservatism...

From a recent interchange between Viet Dihn and Paul Craig Roberts:

Assuming some fealty to the truth remains, let me recount what I[Dihn] said during my debate with Bob Barr at CPAC. I acknowledged that conservatism derives from a tradition of healthy skepticism of governmental power. However, I said, "At times that healthy skepticism must unfortunately yield to a greater threat to our national security."

So, being a conservative today means questioning the government, only until the government is successful at casting widespread fear and panic, at which time criticism must yield to blind faith until the government tells us the cause of the fear has been thwarted?