The orbital defenses were intact, so clearly no outside enemy had attacked the system.
There are always internal politics, everywhere, and usually they're more deadly than outside enemies.
The town usually must fight an outside enemy in order to preserve their food and supplies.
"You only say that because all of your outside enemies are gone now," Sno told him.
Stalin built factories in strategic places so they would not be vulnerable to outside enemies.
Eventually the pressure of outside enemies became too much for them.
The outside enemy was anyone or anything not of Sibornal.
You can fight all the outside enemies in the world, but what if the enemy is in your own mind?
And how much of that outside enemy has to do with us?
The nation united around itself, against the outside enemy.