One core Republican belief is spread by religious fundamentalists, and it’s a conviction to do war against others by outpopulating them – reproducing more than the other humans do.
The other core belief of the Republican Party is that wealth trickles down from employers, instead of percolating up from employees and from consumers-in-general (i.e., from the given firm’s customers).
The significance of the attack on the USS Cole in 2000 was that it changed the rules of engagement for US ships, which can now fire upon approaching vessels without captain approval.
