Chairman Mao, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, once
asked, “Who are our enemies, and who are our friends?” In every age, in
every nation, this is a fundamental political question. But in America
there is confusion on this question. We do not seem to know who our
enemies are, and
for the same reason there is confusion about our friends.
Because we are confused about the identity of our enemies and
friends, we are often bewildered when it comes to questions of treason
and patriotism. Consequently, in mainstream discourse there is a
tendency to move away from these terms. As it happens, the very
definition of “treason” depends on how we understand the word “enemy.”
Treason, for example, is defined in the Constitution as levying war
against the United States or giving aid and comfort to the enemies of
the United States.
In recent years America has become somewhat hedonistic in its
orientation. In a land of shopping malls and video screens there is no
immediate urge to ask who our friends and enemies are. This is
unfortunate because we cannot afford to ignore a question that is
essential to national survival. People need to realize that a great
nation always has enemies.
But before we can ask who our enemies are, we have to ask a more
fundamental question. We have to ask about ourselves. Who are we? What
is America and who are the Americans? It seems that things have gotten
so mixed up lately that there is a bit of confusion about this.
Let me propose that America is a nation. According to Webster’s New
World Dictionary a nation is “a stable community of people with a
territory, history, culture and language in common.” This community of
people, if it is lucky, has its own state — which provides for the
common defense. Notice that a nation is not simply a loose aggregation
of people who happen to live in the same geographical area.
Now let us look at the definition of “enemy.” According to Webster’s
New International Dictionary, enemy means: “One hostile to another; one
who seeks the overthrow or failure of that to which he is opposed. …”
Once we have taken these definitions to heart, being resolved to call
things by their proper names, a disturbing picture comes into focus. We
find that our nation is under attack from a number of internal sources.
The movement toward “multiculturalism” in our public schools, for
example, suddenly appears as an attempt to undermine our cultural
heritage. American children learn more about the African slave trade and
the U.S. cavalry’s mistreatment of Indians than they do about the
Constitution or the
Founding Fathers. In fact, they are taught to focus on the misdeeds of
America rather than its positive achievements. This is subtle and
destructive propaganda — and the motives of its originators should be
called to account. It is one thing to admit the errors of the past, but
it is something entirely different to make such errors into the theme of
a nation’s history (and then teach it to the nation’s children).
Besides being a one-sided and hostile presentation of America’s past,
the multiculturalist project attempts to embrace a confusion of
cultures. This confusion results in a splitting and dividing, a
destruction by multiplicity. It no more promotes a genuine African
American culture than it promotes a genuine Native American culture. Its
focus is to attack our European roots, to question the legal procedures
of our republican institutions, to slander those who brought
civilization to the wilderness. This multiculturalism runs down our
forefathers as racists, sexists and classists. It bears the hidden virus
of revolutionary socialism combined with a secret grievance against
everything European.
Bilingualism is also a subtle attack on our nationhood. In essence,
it suggests that we no longer share — or ought to respect — a common
language. Related to this, mass immigration also proves highly dubious.
If we take on too many foreigners at once, whether they arrive here
legally or illegally, it will not be easy to assimilate them. Under such
conditions it is possible that some immigrants will begin to think of
themselves as a separate nation within our territory. If this should
happen, we could end up like Northern Ireland or Yugoslavia, where
people are killing each other because of
cultural differences.
It is interesting to recall that the federal government exists — in
large part — to defend the nation. Given that the nation is more than
its people or territory, we need to take a more comprehensive view.
Defense is not merely a matter of guns, bombs, ships or missiles.
National defense means a sensible and integrated policy which safeguards
not only the people and the territory of the United States, but a policy
that also defends our unity, our culture and our language. This defense
is not accomplished by government interference in culture or education.
This defense is accomplished when government stops financing Marxist and
racist educators who want to experiment on our children. This defense is
also accomplished when our borders are secured against illegal drugs and
illegal aliens.
Given our failure to defend our borders and uphold a proper sort of
education, the United States has clearly been subverted. Anyone who
doubts this has not looked at the facts. Subversion is an unpopular word
because it has been misused in the past. It is especially unpopular,
however, because
it forces us to ask who our enemies really are. If we realize that we
are a distinct nation, it becomes possible to identify those who oppose
us.
Since World War II, some of America’s internal enemies have been
allowed to organize and propagandize. They have won a number of
important battles, they have made economic alliances, and now they
influence our government, our public schools and our media.
For a long time now we have made excuses for the subversives in this
country. We have credited them with “fresh” ideas, we have listened to
them and tolerated them for decades. We have included them in the
democratic process. We let them teach in our universities and write in
our newspapers.
After all, America is a free society. Every termite is free to nibble
away at the foundations of the Republic.
As a free country we don’t have any alternative. We have to let the
termites eat. But we can oppose them in a civilized way. We need to
point them out and call them by name. Also, let us stop funding them. We
don’t need to fund their art, their media, or their educational
establishment. If your public school is teaching Marxism, if it is
distorting American history or otherwise engaging in destructive
propaganda, work to change it. Failing to get on the school board —
which is a tall order — you can take your children out of the school
altogether. Explore homeschooling or send your children to private
schools. Deprive the termites of their food.
The people in this country have worshipped our institutions of higher
learning far too long. Some believe that a university degree is the only
way to get ahead. But the universities have become centers of poison,
fortresses of anti-Americanism and socialism. The students from these
institutions go on to serve as the administrative staff of our corporate
and governing elite. Don’t let your children think that a career is all
important. Don’t send them into these fortresses of bigotry and hate
unarmed. Better yet, don’t send them at all. Right and wrong is more
important. We have to take the legitimacy away from these institutions,
and the first step is to see the harm that they are doing.
Education is for everyone. It is for moms and dads too. Education
exists outside of the universities and schools. It can be found in great
books, in histories and memoirs. It even happens when we talk to our
parents or grandparents. We need to understand what is happening in our
country. We need to learn how to read and how to think. We need to
understand the process that has put Clinton in the White House. As
citizens of a free republic, we need to know who we are. There is no
better foundation than this for recognizing enemies and successfully
opposing them.
