Against all Enemies, Foreign, and Domestic
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. — Roman Statesman, Marcus Tullius CiceroThe title of this missive comes from the oath we take in the military, “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign, and domestic. And to bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” It is an oath that true members of our military understand has no statute of limitations.
For me it represents the idea that this Nation requires those who will forever be Guardians of the Republic, which was the title of the first book that I wrote. Several generations in my family have taken that oath and served in combat. And that is the same experience in many families across America.
Today we face not just enemies from without, such as our #1 geo-political foe, China, but we have enemies from within. That is why the quote attributed to Roman Statesman Cicero is relevant to what is happening in America.
Read more of Allen West, who represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 until the anarchists, with top anarchist Cara Jennings, stalked him and drove him out of Congress in his re-election.
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