The Internal Enemy and The Undeclared War

The Internal Enemy

Long before the founding of this Republic the Europeans recognized and feared what they have always seen as the Internal Enemy. They knew that the source of their wealth and of their nightmares were the same - the enslaved African.

Slaveholders publicly proclaimed their superiority and the docile nature of their slaves but at the same time called them blood thirsty savages. They proclaimed that slaves lacked the courage to fight but they also thought it dangerous to allow them to bear arms.

Despite their public show of bravado many slaveholders cowered in their slave built and slave financed mansions never knowing if this night was to be their last. They considered the African whom they had brutally enslaved as an enemy so ruthless and diabolical that he could rise up at any moment to destroy them and their cherished way of life.

Slaveholders considered the relationship between master and slave as a constant state of war even if they saw themselves as the ultimate victors. Oddly, the embattled were seen as the slaveholder not the slave. After all slavery was an act of Christian benevolence for which the captive should be grateful. How dare these ungrateful wretches who we brought here from Africa on the Good Ship Jesus (albeit in chains) and who we introduced to Christian salvation through the lessons of the Good Book now think of revolt!

The slaveholder was at war with an enemy of his own making. Slaveholders were perhaps the most hypocritical people to ever walk the earth. While proclaiming that all men had the inalienable right to liberty they refused to understand that the enslaved would actually choose freedom over slavery.

The African slave also had a mortal enemy whose continued existence meant their continued slavery. And, yes they plotted to destroy the enemy and all that they possessed. With few exceptions they felt no more compassion for him or his family than he felt for them.

Nonviolence was never a consideration

Contrary to popular belief nonviolence was never a consideration -- not even an afterthought. They knew that you cannot reason with those who are without reason or be non-violent with those who were violence incarnate. Only a fool could think it possible to gain their freedom against unspeakable ruthlessness and superior weapons without violence. Do not mistake ability to fight with willingness to fight. Slaveholders knew this and that is why they kept guns and other weapons out of the hands of slaves.

We will fight for freedom

It should be remembered here that in the Civil War the North was losing until slaves were allowed to fight. And fight they did -. valiantly - 200,000 strong. This may be because after all is said and done they were the only ones who were fightling for freedom. The confederacy was fighting to maintain slavery and the Union was fighting to undermine the South's economic advantage that came from slave labor. Neither of them cared about the slaves. So much for our willingness or ability to fight.

Some things have not changed

Certainly much has changed over time but some things have not.

The late J. Edgar Hoover, referred to armed black men (the Black Panthers) as the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States.

Hillary Clinton called our young men "...super predators ...who must be brought to heal" (did she mean like dogs?).

More recently Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police President John McNesby referred Black Lives Matter protesters as "rabid animals"

Police now routinely proclaim they felt threatened by an unarmed black person or a twelve year old with a toy pistol as justification for executing them on the spot. Can you see the pattern here?

The Undeclared War

We are still considered the internal enemy and the undeclared war is ongoing. The United States has fought many undeclared wars. The Civil War was not declared; the Viet Nam, Korean, Iraqi, and Afghanistan Wars are all undeclared. Yet millions of lives have been lost so the reality of war apparently has nothing to do with the formal declaration of war.

Our problem is that we have yet to recognize the existence of the undeclared war. The war is against us. It may be more subtle than in the past but it is no less real or sinister. It's objective now is to reverse the limited gains of the civil rights movement and return America to the days when we "knew our place".

Our enemy is white supremacy.

We ignore these facts at our peril. The historical record indicates that they have been able to intimidate us into inaction. By inaction I do not mean that we are not doing anything. I mean that we have been intimidated into using tactics that cannot possibly accompish our objective. That is if our objective is power proportionality in America. If we recognize the existence of the state of undeclared war against us and our progress, we are then required to focus on strategies and tactics intended to defeat our enemy as in war. Our enemy is white supremacy.

Be prepared for war and we will not have to fight it.

What this means is that our ancestors did not have the weapons to fight back - we do. Let us adopt a war mentality and plan as if they will come in the morning. Be prepared for war and we will not have to fight it. Fail to prepare and our future is doomed. Make no mistake about it there are those who still see us as the internal enemy and who have never hesitated to unleash their dogs of war at the slightest real or imagined provocation. Let us also remember that assaults against us have always occurred when a politically conservative element was in power. President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a Conserative Republican House and Senate and a conservative Supreme Court. Can't get more conservative than that.

We must be pragmatic realists and not a pacifist among us.

My point in all of this is to cause us to recognize the undeclared war, the enemy behind it and insure that they understand that we are willing and able to protect ourselves and will not hesitate to do so. We must be pragmatic realists and not a pacifist among us.

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Johnnie Cordero holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Doctorate in Jurisprudence. He is the author of Total Black Empowerment: A Guide to Critical Thinking in the Age of Trump. His new book Theodicy and The Power of the African Will is sheduled for release in October 2017.