Dark Alliance ~ The Truth Exposed by Gary Webb

Dark Alliance Revisited: The Truth Exposed by Gary Webb

In his book Dark Alliance, author and journalist, Gary Webb, went into great detail in framing the narrative of how the CIA used drug money to fund its interests in the Contra revolution in Nicaragua. As so many others who dared to tell the truth and take on the U.S. Government, Webb paid with his life, after losing so many other things along the way, as the powers that be sought to silence him. There is so much to be learned from this. Following is a brief synopsis of what the truth surrounding this issue meant to Black America.

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What most people are unaware of is the fact that this was not the first time that the U.S. Government flooded black neighborhoods with drugs with pernicious and insidious intent. Towards the end of the Vietnam War, they carried a nefarious act known as Operation Air America, in which they flew tons of heroin into the U.S. undetected, for the purpose of distributing it into black neighborhoods for the purpose of weakening the peripheral support of the Black Panther Party — making the organization more vulnerable to infiltration and implosion.

Additionally, the War of Drugs was actually launched before the actual crack epidemic as a means of criminalizing activity in the black community to fuel a newly strengthened prison concept that would ultimately become known as the private prison industrial complex. This not only increased the black male representation in prison, but it decreased the black male representation in black communities. Now, the mass distribution of drugs in a poverty ridden environment created the epidemic that decimated black communities — simultaneously strengthening the white economy.

Simply put, this act was the continuation of social engineering. What they understood was that people who have been traumatized and are consistently being traumatized have a tendency to self-medicate, and crack cocaine was the cheapest way to do it. So, they turned a significant portion of the population into addicts and another large portion into inmates, with one move on the  grand chessboard.

Our problem is that we have spent our entire time on the chessboard playing a defensive role. We are never ahead of the curve, we are never on the attack. We spend all of our time moving out of check. We have to address our strategy immediately, and the first adjustment we must make is to ensure that there is a negative consequence to every move they make against us. The best way to slow down aggression is to increase the cost of aggression.

Understand me, the reason that we are so ill-treated and disrespected is because they understand what I understand — that there are a lot of talkers, debates and armchair strategist, but nobody is willing to get blood on their uniform. Very few are willing to stand up to the point of death.

One of the most powerful quotes I have ever heard, actually came from the movie, Lawless. There is a part in the movie where Forest Bonderant leans over to tell his fearful younger brother:

“It is not the violence that sets a man apart, but the distance he is willing to go.”

Our problem is that very few of our men are willing to go the distance.

If there were just 100 men who had no fear and love our people enough to go the distance, we would shake up the world — men who understand the value of protecting our women, men who understand the exorbitant value in covering, protecting and leading our progeny, men who are without fear — men with heart and a sense of purpose.

This country and the white elite have shown us incessantly that they do not value us, and it is obvious that they have no regard for us and our needs. It is time that we take control over our own lives. It is time that we make our presence felt. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace, Ph.D.

Dr. Rick Wallace is a man who has committed his life to investigating, examining and anatomizing the struggles of African Americans for the purpose of developing comprehensive strategies that are capable of efficaciously resolving the enigmatic issues that are at the forefront of the African American experience.

Dr. Wallace has written 16 books that include: The Invisible Father: Reversing the Curse of a Fatherless Generation, When Your House is Not a Home, and his latest release, The Mis-education of Black Youth in America: The final Move on the Grand Chessboard and he is currently working on his latest project, The Black Community Empowerment Blueprint, a comprehensive step by step strategy that has the capacity to facilitate the complete elevation and empowerment of Blacks in America and abroad.

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