by Rubicon
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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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Preface by Rubicon
I decided this needed a preface, outside of the book, to explain some things, and give some background. There are references here to an email exchange between myself and the then ICC Chief Prosecutor, cc’d to the Chief Judge, with read receipts received from both. There were five emails in all, two from the Prosecutor and three from me, that took place in the end of 2021 through the beginning of 2022. The following chapter arose out of that email exchange, albeit in a more truncated form, yet with detail that wouldn’t have been allowed in the book. My purpose in writing to these officials was to at least put testimony in writing, and to ask for investigation. The Prosecutor gave the lame excuse of not having jurisdiction. The US wasn’t a signatory to the Court, but as seen in this piece, the US has always been a signatory to the Geneva Conventions, and further, the Court has mechanisms in place to deal with non-signatories committing war crimes, of which the use of white phosphorus as weapon has always been a war crime, no matter who commits it, and mechanisms for forcing arrest even when no one agrees.
I despise Bill Clinton, yet he did push for setting up the ICC and supporting it; but when it came time for the US Congress to approve this agreement, George Bush, war crime committer extraordinaire, lobbied forcefully against it, because, as you have seen, Western governments must be able to commit war crimes with impunity. No one should have impunity, especially when they say a god commands it. As you will see, one need not just concentrate on phosphorus (also known as Willie Pete in Vietnam); there was use by Americans and British of mustard gas, napalm (gelled gasoline), deadly herbicides, and elemental sodium.
When the Court was first established in the ‘90s, one of the first cases was the investigation of Queen Elizabeth in war crimes. The British government was notified that an arrest warrant was imminent. The British noble reaction was a unilateral change to the charter, for them, giving the Queen, and only the Queen, immunity. When Charles became King, he was so scared that he has been pushing hard for that immunity to be given to him.
In my final email, I stated quite angrily that their attitude was allowing war crimes with impunity, and by refusing to punish the criminals, the ICC had made itself irrelevant to human life. By letting the perpetrators go, they had become complicit in war crimes, and destroyed their own charter and relevance.
“There is no condoning or excusing such action” (X Rubicon, Dream Sequence).
I urge you to read the book and discover what the US, and its citizens, have been guilty of for their entire existence. You have a chance to save yourselves, your sons, your grandsons, your brothers, your lovers, your friends.
There is no pride for me in any of this, only pain. I’ve said repeatedly that I AM guilty. “This writing is a mea culpa, an admittance of guilt. It is the repentance that making amends demands. I AM guilty of the evil I have committed and in which I’ve participated.” (X Rubicon, Rubicon’s Statement)
There are those who will withdraw into twaddling precocious self-righteousness reading these. They mistakenly think that just because they never joined the military, or they are now or always have been, a so-called “pacifist”; or they are armchair “warriors”, or have “served” within the military, sons & daughters of military personnel, or “patriots”, or are non-combat pretenders, etc… they are somehow superior to the millions of men who have gone into combat. You need to disabuse yourself of these ignorant thoughts now. Depending on where you were born, your parents, your relatives, your upbringing, your education, your environment, your indoctrinations, your applied propagandas, your purchased lies, your economic desperations, and more, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOU!
You need to be present and aware, especially when our presidents, vice-presidents, Congressidiots, and corrupt Supreme Court “Justices”, and the ultra-rich are egregious fascist virgins talking about sex, ready to sacrifice youth, freedom, and life to war for their own gain.
I invite you, the reader, not to get trapped in the intensity and overwhelming nature of this narrative. If you get snared in personal shock, judgments, and opinions, you will miss the truth of the message which ultimately can bring about understanding, and radical change. This writing has the potential to shake you to your core and inspire you to open your heart and find compassion. Please allow it to touch you deeply and do its healing work. We are all in this together. You WILL be shocked. This experience is extremely shocking. Some of you will be shocked, because you won’t want to believe such evil demands were placed on a young man at the tender age of 18 years and that he did such evil deeds in the name of “freedom and liberty”. And you won’t want to even entertain the notion that this is not just one veteran’s story. There are thousands of stories akin to this one. (Julie in X Rubicon: Foreward, Or The Vanguard)
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White Phosphorus
One of the most obscene deaths in existence
“Weaponized chemicals are the equivalent of burning humans alive.”
(email to the Chief ICC Prosecutor)
The following picture is a “floating” white phosphorus ordinance used in Palestine. It becomes slow to stationary over a target area and sprays white phosphorus from tubules (hence the white smoke) directed downward upon humans. The delivery vehicle fails due to the phosphorus, drops, and explodes releasing more chemical. These vehicle technologies and the white phosphorus was provided to the Zionists by the United States government via US arms manufacturers.
It’s extremely important to understand weaponized phosphorus. Without doubt it is one of the most obscene, cruel, and painful deaths. I’m ashamed I’ve been involved in its use. Human Rights Watch has been documenting its use in the relative present, and has documented its use historically. We’ll focus upon US and Israeli use, but you must understand its weaponized origins, and its extremely cruel effect upon the human body.
“White phosphorus is one of three allotropes of the element phosphorus. The other two are red, an amorphous polymer, and black, a graphite-like polymer. The substance known as yellow phosphorus is actually white phosphorus that contains impurities (e.g., red phosphorus) or that has darkened from exposure to light. Red phosphorus turns violet or purple when it is heated to >550 ºC… [White phosphorus] has an unpleasant, garlic like odor and is extremely toxic. It is unstable in air—first forming white fumes before bursting into flames. White phosphorus has been called the “devil’s element” because it glows green in the dark and is pyrophoric… Because of its instability, white phosphorus is typically stored under water, in which it is barely soluble. The allotrope is soluble in hydrocarbons, carbon disulfide, sulfur chloride (S2Cl2), and other nonpolar solvents.” (American Chemical Society)
Elemental phosphorus doesn’t exist in nature, but its compounds do and are used to extract elemental phosphorus which gets placed into artillery shells, bombs, missiles, and rockets. Red phosphorus is allowed in narrow amounts for tracer rounds (bullets and smaller shells – ie 20mm, 30mm, and 40mm – that are fired rapidly via automatic weapons). As the round spins out the barrel its like striking a match and it’s still burning upon impact; yet when these small shells and bullets fragment on impact or explosion, burning red phosphorus can be embedded in bodies. White phosphorus wedges can be embedded in bodies often flashing into fire later.
White phosphorus is extremely unstable in air, and has to be stored under water, where it takes the form of a glowing wax-like substance. While its use is allowed for signaling and other non-weaponized applications, use against humans is strictly forbidden, yet it gets used anyway. The use of weaponized white phosphorus goes back more than a hundred years. It was used by all sides in WW1 and WW2. The US specifically has continued its use extensively in Korea, Vietnam, Central America, Colombia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Libya, and more, and has pushed for its use in Ukraine which may expand exponentially with the delivery of Abrams tanks and ordinance; and the US has taught other governments to use it, and blesses the use. Generally, post WW2, it has been used exclusively against communists, socialists, and those opposed to capitalism and colonialism (meaning rebels seeking justice and indigenous civilian populations).
Proscription against its use as weapons against humans was placed in the Geneva Conventions (which Israel signed and ratified in 1951) which was adopted by the United Nations as Protocol III. Some in media claim Israel has not agreed to Protocol III, but they in fact signed and ratified Protocol III in 2007, and the United States not until 2012. The US is extremely guilty of violating these conventions. Israel has been documented using white phosphorus against humans since the time they invaded Palestine. They were in violation of the Geneva Conventions, yet the US applied pressure to allow them to escape punishment. The United Nations is well aware of Israel’s use of white phosphorus, yet the US vetoes any Security Council action against the Zionists. Even the Zionist newspaper, New York Times, has admitted that Human Rights Watch is correct and has stated that Israel is using weaponized white phosphorus. The videos of Zionists’ use have all the tell-tale signs; including the use on children. 70% of the casualties of Palestinians are women, children, and infants; this is done purposefully to destroy the ability of Palestinian civilization to recover through reproduction (cf: the expendability of men vs women in The Privileged Sex by Martin van Creveld).
Now I want you to understand what happens to humans when exposed to weaponized white phosphorus. I have first-hand knowledge of the US use in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Colombia. I was on the ground fighting and directing “traffic” while gunships attacked rebels; and afterward I performed what the CIA euphemistically called “Clean Up”. AC-130-H gunships were fitted with a side mounted 105mm Howitzer. It’s my estimate from direct observation that 20% of 105 shells fired by these gunships on these missions were white phosphorus and some of them a mix, which I’ll explain shortly. When a 105 shell hits the ground and explodes, its casing fragments into hundreds of pieces; simultaneously the white phosphorus is thrown out in a cloud 25-50 yards in every direction. The phosphorus takes the form of sticky pulverized wax-like particles, waxy wedges, and gas. Many of the casing fragments are coated in the chemical. These shrapnel fragments (and wedges) can embed in the body, but will burst into flame, especially if the fragment is in the lung. If these fragments (or wedges) enter the abdomen or another location (including brains) a vast burning hole is going to take place and keep expanding based on the amount of chemical present until the chemical reaction is spent.
If the splattered particles are breathed in, it is certain painful death. This splatter can get anywhere and it sticks to skin and clothing, including eyes, nose, and mouth, but now it’s starting to react to the air, and the splatter ignites. When this happens, small particles flash and burn, larger splatter burns and burns and burns. Hair will burn and skin will melt, even down to the bone; ears will melt away; hands may take on the look of skeleton; 10% of skin surface burned with white phosphorus is an extremely cruel and painful death sentence, without immediate medical treatment (which we know Israel and the US blocks and withholds).
Now, I’m sure you would think nothing could get any more obscene. But the chemical engineers of the militaries went further, and developed mixes. Some of the phosphorus ordinance also contains elemental sodium. Sodium (elemental) is completely unstable in the presence of water; not so much the water in the air, unless its rain. The sodium will hit the human, and if they’re sweating, or bleeding, or it gets in an eye, a violent chemical reaction takes place where the sodium steals oxygen from water based fluids, releasing the hydrogen, and burns violently until the chemical reaction is spent. I’ve seen this take pain and cruelty to a whole other level. Humans often urinate or defecate during the process of violent death. I’ve seen bodies where elemental sodium has stuck to the crotch on clothing, and urine will make it ignite and burn through to skin. We all know how sensitive the area of the genitals can be, so imagine, if you can, a raging, sticking chemical fire in your crotch.
All of these scenarios lead to death, but CIA Operations want absolute death and proof (pictures). As I’ve said, in many ways they are exactly like the SS. Some hadn’t died yet. Some were completely unconscious and would never wake up. Some were still conscious, and some begged for help. You could see and hear their excruciating pain and gasps for air. When you see bodies sparking and flashing fire, you know the world has lost all moral bearing.
Chemical deaths are the most painful and heinous deaths in warfare. It makes me sad that my country is leading the way in use of chemical weapons; yet they are not alone. Countries claiming moral militaries, yet consistently use chemical weapons including weaponized white phosphorus, include Britain, France, Germany, Israel (claims “the most moral”), Japan, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and more. All of these have been threatened by the ICC; but as the British have proven with Queen Elizabeth, and the US failing to ratify the ICC charter (even after it helped to establish the court), the ICC bows to political pressure and threats of removing funding and they stick to only prosecuting third world or non-capitalistic entities. As the Chief ICC prosecutor told me via email, they just claim “no jurisdiction”, which provides no hope for justice.
This picture is the remains of a mother and children destroyed by Zionist use of white phosphorus provided by the US.
Palestinian child burned around the mid-section by Zionist use of white phosphorus provided by the US.
Palestinian father holding his child scarred by white phosphorus used by Zionists and povided by the US.
Palestinian mother and children burned by white phosphorus.
Father and child burned alive by Zionist use of white phosphorus provided by the US.
Palestinian woman scarred for life by the Zionist use of white phosphorus provided by the US.
Most Moral Army in the world my ass!
Same malfeasin’, same ol’ crimes, we haven’t changed, since ancient times.
Iron Hand - Dire Straits
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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.
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Thanks, Sean, for speaking out as someone who knows firsthand what evil our government and military have and continue to do for the sake of power and greed.
My husband is a Viet Nam vet and the crimes committed there haunt him every day.
May evil fail. May our evil leaders fail. May none of the perps including and especially the profiteers gain one penny from Gaza Palestine. May Zionism disappear. May healing happen.