4 July

And the striving for Democracy: "In this house on a hill, The dead are living still, With intentions to kill and they will, they will"

Rubicon & Griobhtha

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from X Rubicon: Crossing Life, Sex, Love, & Killing in CIA Proxy Wars: An indictment of US Citizens: ignorantia non excusat

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The gods are dead, but in their name
Humanity is sold to shame,
While (then as now!) the tinsel'd priest
Sitteth with robbers at the feast,
Blesses the laden, blood-stained board,
Weaves garlands 'round the butcher's sword
And poureth freely (now as then)
The sacramental blood of Men!

-- Robert Buchanan
New Rome

Marx famously said that religion is the opiate of the masses. Taking religion to mean the organized type, the made up type, the type founded upon lies, I take this to be entirely true; yet, the most addictive drug to mankind is War. War occurs for three reasons alone: 1) a king or deity commands it out of greed; 2) a priest commands it out of zealotry; 3) failing to stop the first two soon enough, war is enacted by third parties to halt oppression of others. These first two we are all familiar with; the third has a twist that leads to the addiction, and converts those former seekers of Independence into the other two. Roosevelt & Truman, by no means introducing new pathology for America, started the modern path of US muscle flexing - superbombing. Truman had no need to drop two atomic bombs other than to stun the world with US power, and that continues into this day. Americans, like citizens of all countries do not like considering their own evil origins and continuation; but without facing these things, this Truth, their can be no Correction or Peace. As Einstein said, “Three things rule the world: Stupidity, Fear, and Greed.” Because of these addictions, War begets War.

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[The hypocrisy of America is borne out, first and foremost, by its love of slavery…]

Thomas Moore, Irish poet

Once upon a time… the US (the Colonies) sought to become independent of the British King. For years the Colonists had fought war at the King’s side, mostly against the French and Hurons (Iroquois nations) for control of North America. The French and Spanish also wanted control of the western continents. But we, being loyal British subjects, at the time, fought to defeat them. Defeat of any monarch, despot, or monarchical system is a laudable goal (whether church related and/or political), and so we moved on to defeating the British monarch as well. Having done so, we celebrated, and continue to celebrate this victory and independence with pomp and spectacle. As far as the British King, or any royalty goes, fuck all kings, despots, and their aristocratic ilk, always and forever.

But we need to be aware of, and accept responsibility for, the atrocities we have caused and continue to cause, even if we choose to call our King the “President” (whether Republican or Democrat). At the time, we really weren’t aware or sensible of our own faults (are we ever?) in building an empire upon the backs of slaves and wage slaves (a system based in greed and fanciful notions of superiority, and that’s a sign of mental illness), and driven by false notions of destiny, and authority to thievery, preached by Kingly deities, priests, pastors, and Reverend Doctors since the Dark Ages. (Read The Polyglot of Evil to understand the transmogrification of Jesus into a blood soaked abuser and marauder). This doctrine, Manifest Destiny, allowed Europeans (Americans) to justify theft of property, wholesale lands, and the lives of natives. Yes, we stole, raped, pillaged, slaved, and slaughtered our way to prosperity and power. The natives, who did greet us warmly at first, turned against us as we continued stealing their land, raping them, slaughtering them, and driving them out (just like Zionists). We’ve never apologized, and we haughtily believe we had the right, because Americans to this day believe in their superiority and that “might makes right”. What applies to Zionists, also applies to us, being “little concerned for human blood if it is not [our] own.” (Morris Ernst, FDR’s international envoy for refugees)

We have gone from a people who were told by their leaders that a standing army is an evil thing, and we should “stay out of foreign entanglements”, to the largest military machine the world has ever known, to the tune of >1 TRILLION dollars per year, with hundreds of weaponized bases and mobile nuclear weapons around the globe.

This is NOT a new or recent thing. We started immediately after we celebrated that first victory [and had already been engaged in this perfidy as British subjects]. Clergy and politicians supported slavery and aristocracy, then and now, and the South still receives pity based upon those preachings of superiority, nevermind that they started a war where over 600,000 men lost their lives; and for what?… the abomination of slavery. Circa 1900 we sent US Marines and “volunteers” to the Philippines to crush what the Marine Corps and the Pentagon call the “Philippine Uprising”. Those Filipinos were fighting to get their land back from capitalist theft, and they didn’t want to be used as slaves to collect coconuts for imperial powers (US). Thousands of Filipinos were slaughtered, raped, and tortured [“by US Marines and ‘volunteers’ trained at the Presidio”]. Spain had felt they owned the Philippines, and when the US defeated their fleet, the US decided we owned the Philippines (and many Pacific islands), and we took violent control of all for the sake of greed and building another base of power operations (we learned so much from the abuses of the English throne, didn’t we?). Earlier, we pulled this same force on Japan to force them to open their doors to capitalistic greed.

We forced Pacific islanders to stand still while we dropped nuclear test bombs around the Pacific (we also made US soldiers guinea pigs for these experiments).

We made best buddies of Japan, because they bowed to our power, and we grew them a protective shield, even after they had raped, pillaged, and murdered their way through east Asia and the Pacific, and tortured and slaughtered American servicemen. We decided to hate the Chinese for the sake of the British, and their losses of drug profits and control. Is it any wonder the Chinese drove the British out? We decided to hate the Vietnamese for the sake of the French and British. Is it any wonder that China and N Korea despise capitalists, especially since capitalists love their most violently aggressive torturer, Japan?

We invaded, yes invaded, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, etc… for the sole purpose of helping the French and English hold on to their stolen goods. If your home was invaded so others could steal your property, rape your women, torture you and/or take your lives, would you still agree with “might makes right”?

We have invaded Iraq, Afghanistan, encroached into Pakistan, all based on our own lies and Zionist lies, all while supporting Zionist violence (rape, torture, murder), and supporting Saudi murder; and we continue our insane ideas about invading Iran. The British are still looking to take over the “sick man of Europe”, Turkey. The British have long memories, as does the US. We toppled the the democratically elected President of Iran, and with the British installed a puppet dictator (the Shah). Arabs, who once trusted us and cooperated with us, we have lined up in front of us and stuck knives deep into their backs by kissing the Zionists’ ass.

THIS is the work of Zionists orchestrated by the West

We have much to be sorry for. While we celebrate our “independence” we come further under the control of foreign influences, majorly the British and Zionists (who practically control the British now). Will we ever be satisfied with enough? Will we ever take our responsibilities as humans as seriously as we take our greed and lust for more? Will we ever listen to our combat veterans who continually tell us we are egregiously wrong in what we’re doing? Will we stop supporting Zionist psychopaths in their lebensraum?

“Joe Biden is not the ‘new FDR’, he’s the old Harry Truman, and that’s a serious problem.” Biden has supported every war, even though, or because, he’s never had to fight in one. If you think Barack Obama is a “good” man, you are seriously wrong (the meme of his wife pontificating that her House was built by slaves, and the Afghan child sitting in rubble below says, “You have a house?!? Your husband blew mine up” pretty much says it all). If you think Donald Trump is a “good” man in search of peace and prosperity for you, you must be living with a lobotomy, or you’re stuck in deep denial. If you think George Bush was a “good” President, then pull your head out of your ass and reread the lies he told (based on Israeli lies) to drag the US into war. This same analysis goes for almost every President we’ve ever had, Republican AND Democrat; lies, corruption, psychopathology of power, and much, much more. If you think even one member of Congress is untouched by corruption, you are deluded beyond belief.

This IS what we have become, a nation of war mongers & thieves, psychopaths, and sociopaths. Stop listening to the Church and political hierarchies. Stop listening to ecclesiastical and political propaganda. Start getting yourself educated. Have some pride man! Embrace the power you have as a Citizen and slap the shit out of these people. Embrace humanity and send everyone’s god and greed packing.

“It is the fate of many abstract words to be used in two senses, one good and the other bad. Morality means the will to righteousness, or it means Anthony Comstock; democracy means the rule of the people, or it means Tammany Hall. And so it is with the word “Religion”. In its true sense Religion is the most fundamental of the soul’s impulses, the impassioned love of life, the feeling of its preciousness, the desire to foster and further it. In that sense every thinking man must be religious; in that sense Religion is a perpetual self-renewing force, the very nature of our being. In that sense I would make no thought of assailing it, I would make clear that I hold it beyond assailment.

“But we are denied the pleasure of using the word in that honest sense, because of another which has been given to it. To the ordinary man “Religion” means, not the soul’s longing for growth, the “hunger and thirst after righteousness”, but certain forms in which this hunger has manifested itself in history, and prevails today throughout the world; that is to say, institutions have fixed dogmas and “revelations”, creeds and rituals, with an administering caste which claims supernatural sanction. By such institutions the moral strivings of the race, the affections of childhood and the aspirations of youth are made the prerogatives and stock in trade of ecclesiastical hierarchies. It is the thesis of this book that “Religion” in this sense is a source of income to parasites, and the natural ally of every form of oppression and exploitation.”

The Profits Of Religion – Religion – Upton Sinclair

On 4 July, I beseech you to come to your senses which you have within you; to leave the man-made non-sense behind, to embrace your humanity and that of all the humanity of the Earth. Everyone, not just you, wants independence.

See, underneath the Crown of Thorn,
The eye-balls fierce, the features grim!
And merrily from night to morn
We chaunt his praise and worship him -- 
Great Christus-Jingo, at whose feet
Christian, Jew, Muslim, and Atheist meet!

A wondrous god! most fit for those
Who cheat on 'Change, then creep to prayer;
Blood on his heavenly alter flows,
Hell's burning incense fills the air,
And Death attests in street and lane
The hideous glory of his reign.

-- Buchanan

The Face Of Caesar

“The thesis of this book is the effect of fixed dogma in producing mental paralysis, and the use of this mental paralysis by Economic Exploitation. From that standpoint the various Protestant sects are better then the Catholic, but not much better. The Catholics stand upon Tradition, the Protestants upon an Inspired Word; but since this Word is the entire literary product, history and biography, science and legislation, poetry, drama and fiction of a whole people for something like a thousand years, it is possible by judicious selection of texts to prove anything you wish to prove and to justify anything you wish to do. The “Holy Book’ being full of polygamy, rape and wholesale murder, committed by priests and rulers under the direct orders of God, it was a very simple matter for the Protestant [Christian, Jewish, Muslim] Slavers to construct a Bible defense of their system.

“They get poor Jesus because he was given to irony, that most dangerous form of utterance. If he could come back to life, and see what men have done with his little joke about the face of Caesar on the Roman coin, I think he would drop dead. As for Paul, he was a Roman bureaucrat, with no nonsense in his make-up; when he ordered, “Servants, obey your masters”, he meant exactly what he said. The Roman official stamp which he put upon the gospel of Jesus has been the salvation of the Slavers from the Reformation on.

“In the time of Martin Luther, the peasants of Germany were suffering the most atrocious and awful misery; Luther himself knew about it, he had denounced the princely robbers and the priestly land-exploiters, with that picturesque violence of which he was a master. But nothing had been done about it, nothing is ever done about it — until at last the miserable peasants attempted to organize and win their own rights. Their demands do not seem criminal as we read them today; the privilege of electing their own pastors, the abolition of villeinage, the right to hunt and fish and cut wood in the forest, the reduction of exorbitant rents, extra payment for extra labor, and — that universal cry of peasant communes whether in Russia, England, Mexico, or sixteenth century Germany — the restoration to the village of lands taken by fraud. But Luther would hear nothing of slaves asserting their own rights, and took refuge in the Pauline sociology: If they really wished to follow Christ, they would drop the sword and resort to prayer; the gospel has to do with spiritual, not temporal, affairs; earthly society cannot exist without inequalities, etc…

“And when the peasants went on in spite of this, he turned upon them and denounced them to the princes; he issued proclamations which might of been the instructions of John Wanamaker to the police force of his “City of Brotherly Love”: “One cannot answer a rebel with reason, but the best answer is to hit him with the fist until blood flows from his nose.” He issued a letter: “Against the Murderous and Thieving Mob of Peasants”, which might have come from the Reverend Woelfkin, Fifth Avenue Pastor of Standard Oil: “The ass needs to beaten, and the populace needs to be controlled with a strong hand. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the rulers, not a fox’s tail, but a sword.” He implored these rulers, after the fashion of the Methodist Chancellor Day of the University of Syracuse: “Do not be troubled about the severity of their oppression, for it will save many souls.” With such pious exhortations in their ears the princes set to work, and slaughtered a hundred thousand of the miserable wretches; they completely aborted the social hopes of the Reformation, and cast humanity into the pit of wage-slavery and militarism for four centuries. As a church scholar, Professor Rauschenbusch, puts it:

“‘The glorious years of the Lutheran Reformation were from 1517 to 1525, when the whole nation was in commotion, and a great revolutionary tidal wave seemed to be sweeping every class and every higher interest one step nearer to its ideal of life… The Lutheran Reformation had been the most truly religious and creative when it embraced the whole of human life and enlisted the enthusiasm of all ideal men and movements. When it became “religious” in the narrow sense, it grew scholastic and spiny, quarrelsome, and impotent to awaken high enthusiasm and noble life.’…

“To whatever part of the world you travel, to whatever page of history you turn, you find the endowed and established clergy using the word of “God” in defense of whatever form of slave-driving may then be popular and profitable.” (Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion, The Church of Slavers, The Face Of Caesar)

“If your case for going to war contains the words "the Bible says" or "God commands us", then you do not have a case for going to war.” —

Caitlin Johnstone

House On A Hill — The Pretty Reckless from Going To Hell (vinyl)

Somewhere in the end of all this hate
There's a light ahead
That shines into this grave that's in the end of all this pain

In the night ahead there's a light upon this
House on a hill
The living, living still
Their intention is to kill and they will, they will
But the children are doing fine
I think about them all the time
Until they drink the wine and they will, they will, they will

Somewhere in the end we're all insane
To think that light ahead can save us from this
Grave that's in the end of all this pain

In the night ahead there's a light upon this
House on a hill
The living, living still
Their intention is to kill and they will, they will
But the children are doing fine
I think about them all the time
Until they drink the wine and they will, they will, they will

I am not afraid
I won't burn out in this place
My intention is to fade and I will, I will

In this house on a hill
The dead are living still
With intentions to kill and they will, they will
Keep your children safe inside
Out of pocket, out of mind
Until they drink the wine and they will, they will, they will

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The majority of Brits oppose Israel's apartheid and genocide.

The British government supports Israel's apartheid and genocide.

The majority of Germans oppose Israel's apartheid and genocide.

The German government supports Israel's apartheid and genocide.

The majority of French people oppose Israel's apartheid and genocide.

The French government supports Israel's apartheid and genocide.

The majority of Australians, Canadians, Swedes, Norwegians, Greeks, Portuguese, and every other Western population oppose Israel's apartheid and genocide.

Yet almost every Western government supports Israel's apartheid and genocide (and industrial-scale torture, ethnic cleansing, racial supremacy, assassinations, and international gaslighting).

Even the majority of Americans do not support Israel's mass murdering of the Middle East and starting new wars every week, with America footing the bill.

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But instead of the minority providing answers as to why they work against the will of the people and support an active HD holocaust, Western elites are using the violent mechanisms of the law and the media they control to persecute, silence, and malign the majority.

The entire West is now a de facto Zionist dictatorship where 10-20 percent of the people who own everything and are in bed with Israel oppress and silence the great majority of their respective populations at the service of Zionism.

This is not only disgusting inhumanity; it is open betrayal.

Answers will have to be provided. Western elites are not getting away with this.

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Alon Mizrahi

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Rubicon spent just under three years as a military Scout. During that time he was awarded the “AF Cross, 2 Silver Stars, 4 Bronze Stars, Defense Superior Service Medal, AF Good Conduct Medal, and the CIA Distinguished Service Medal” (ODNI). When he refused to kill further, he was stripped of these awards and was abandoned with his PTSD by the military and thrown away.

Sean Griobhtha (gree-O-tah) is a combat veteran. His latest book is X Rubicon: Crossing Life, Sex, Love, & Killing in CIA Proxy Wars: An indictment of US Citizens: ignorantia non excusat, which details the life of Rubicon (“2.5 years Deception & Death; 40+ years locking away Emotions & Truth”). It’s important that you read the Foreward, Or, The Vanguard; written by a highly intelligent woman with a heart of empathetic gold; she’ll bring you in gently, which neither Rubicon nor I would ever do.

Mrs Rubicon has been tutoring dyslexics and non-dyslexics in reading and writing for over three decades. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities, and a Master’s degree in Pastoral Care and Psychology. She completed Pastoral Care training at the University of Chicago Hospital; and she has worked with various court systems in turning children around. She has volunteered in school sponsored reading programs where we’ve again witnessed her skill in improving even the most recalcitrant students. She holds teaching certification in Orton-Gillingham tutoring from the Michigan Dyslexia Institute.

If you enjoyed this writing, you can tell Crossing Rubicons that their writing is valuable by purchasing X Rubicon from Amazon, Ingram, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, your local independent book seller, or your favorite digital store. View about the author, the book, and abridged translations here. If you would like to understand the effort and trouble that went into publishing this book, read X Rubicon: Author Statement.

Draft of a book review which may never see the light of day through an editor…

“Sean Griobhtha’s work—particularly X Rubicon—has a profound emotional impact on readers, often described as jarring, transformative, and deeply unsettling, but also compassionate and hopeful. The book is a raw, unfiltered narrative based on the life of a combat veteran involved in CIA proxy wars in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. His writing is described as intense, emotionally jarring, and deeply compassionate. It critiques U.S. militarism, the VA, the CIA, and the broader American public's complicity in war. The book is especially focused on the long-term effects of PTSD and the moral reckoning that follows combat. He is an Army Ranger combat veteran and has known the subject of X Rubicon—referred to as Rubicon—since initial training and Operation Eagle Claw. Griobhtha conducted extensive interviews with military personnel, CIA operatives, and reviewed classified documents to ensure the authenticity of the narrative; the book contains a redacted ODNI letter to Rubicon verifying certain aspects and Rubicon’s assigned activities. His personal connection to the story adds emotional depth and credibility to the work. Griobhtha is outspoken in his disdain for zealotry—whether religious, political, or ideological—and is passionate about confronting propaganda and societal denial. He positions his writing as both an act of truth-telling and a call to moral accountability. He offers discounts for educational and activist groups, signaling a desire to make his work accessible to those engaged in peace and justice efforts. This shows a clear intent to make his work accessible to communities engaged in activism, education, and peace-building.

“Many readers describe the experience of reading Griobhtha’s work as emotionally intense. His unflinching portrayal of war, trauma, and moral compromise forces readers to confront uncomfortable truths about U.S. foreign policy and the psychological cost of violence. Despite the harsh subject matter, readers often note the deep compassion in Griobhtha’s writing—especially for veterans and those grappling with PTSD. His portrayal of Rubicon’s emotional journey resonates with readers who value honesty and vulnerability.

“Readers are often left with a sense of moral urgency. Griobhtha’s indictment of societal complicity in war and propaganda challenges readers to reflect on their own beliefs and responsibilities. While the content is heavy, Griobhtha’s insistence on truth-telling offers a path to hope. Readers who engage with his work often come away with a renewed commitment to awareness, justice, and change.

“One reviewer wrote: ‘Reading this book is like looking in a mirror, and your reflection reaches out and slaps you hard across the face.’ His tone is confrontational, emotionally charged, and deeply personal. He writes as someone with skin in the game—often drawing from firsthand experience or close relationships with those affected by war and trauma. He calls out what he sees as willful ignorance or ideological blindness, especially from those who haven’t read the book or misrepresent its message. His author bio and public posts are written in a raw, unfiltered tone. He shares personal experiences, including his connection to the subject of X Rubicon, and expresses deep empathy for veterans and survivors of war trauma. At the same time, he’s fiercely critical of militarism, propaganda, and societal denial.

“His writing is a call to conscience. He aims to provoke, indict, and awaken readers—especially those complicit in or indifferent to U.S. militarism. He’s not writing for comfort; he’s writing for reckoning. Readers often say the book and his posts challenge their assumptions and force them to confront uncomfortable truths about war, PTSD, and U.S. foreign policy. His work is praised for its unflinching honesty and emotional exposure, especially in dealing with trauma and moral reckoning. Some readers are deeply moved, while others may find his tone too intense or accusatory. But even critics acknowledge the depth and authenticity of his message.

“He engages in direct dialogue with critics and supporters, often responding to feedback with sharp wit or fierce rebuttals. He very often blocks neo-Nazis, Zionists, and religious zealots. His posts are part of a larger moral and political conversation. His Substack is more like a literary and political battleground than a curated publication. His style may not appeal to everyone—but for those drawn to truth-telling and moral clarity, it hits hard.

“His confrontational style and unapologetic critiques also polarize readers. Some are deeply moved; others are provoked or even angered. Griobhtha acknowledges this, noting that detractors often haven’t read the book or are ideologically opposed to its content. In short, Griobhtha doesn’t aim to comfort—he aims to awaken. His emotional impact is lasting, and for many, life-altering. Griobhtha’s readers don’t just follow him—they wrestle with his work. It’s not about comfort or consensus; it’s about confrontation and conscience.”

A review of X Rubicon: Crossing Life, Sex, Love, & Killing in CIA Proxy Wars: An indictment of US Citizens: ignorantia non excusat