Rubicon w/ Sean Griobhtha
Presidents Day. Is this holiday a joke? How many people know that the tune “Hail To The Chief” was implemented as a sarcastic dig at George Washington? He didn’t like being equated with a King (it was antithetical to the Revolution) but politicians insisted he was a King, and so it became the perpetual dig at every President, including your personal President with whom you have a deeply personal relationship of salvation (sorry Jesus), and has been transformed from a sarcastic dig into an imperial statement. All presidents (or their writers) have been great at rhetoric, and piss-poor with morals, ethics, and actions. Jefferson wrote one of the greatest freedom documents in existence, yet he kept slaves and “purchased” a huge tract of tribal lands not from those tribes, but from the French who took it by force and occupied it; and Jefferson bought more slaves and made war upon all the natives. This perpetuation of injustice and immorality has never been halted, because in actual fact, no President or politician through to this day has ever had a conscience. Even Lincoln at first was opposed to freeing slaves, and he was already participating in native slaughter. No matter who your personal favorite President was or is, they are immoral just like all the others.
Some people fall in love with Presidents’ wives; but even the most seemingly moral among them still has a fallen aspect. Take FDR’s wife. Her husband ordered WW1 veterans to be shot at as they marched on Washington; they were demanding their promised pensions (it’s important for officers, especially generals to receive promised pension, and those who do 20 years outside of combat, but not for actual combat veterans to receive pensions). Did Eleanor work to change her husband’s mind? No – and a young Eisenhower shot at the protesters. Eleanor Roosevelt gained sympathy because her husband cheated on her. She went on to write one of the most compelling documents concerning human rights, yet when confronted with Zionist atrocities, she chose to ignore them and support Zionists. Did Michelle Obama ever tell her husband, “Dammit! You’re violating your your pledge for open government!”; or, “You’re treating brown and black foreigners like slaves, of which I know all about!” No, of course she didn’t. Was she cognizant of her husband destroying lives and homes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, etc…? Apparently not.
I can’t even attempt to talk about Reagan and the Bushes, as this writing would become a tome. Truman was a greedy, power hungry, Zionist stooge; he enjoyed dropping nuclear bombs for the power thrill. Roosevelt didn’t want him, but greedy politicians forced it. Eisenhower signed off on some of the most egregious atrocities ever (because he was good friends with the head of the United Fruit Company), yet left office warning us about that which he helped create and use. Kennedy should have known better, but he didn’t, and signed off on the Vietnam proxy war, Bay of Pigs, etc…). Every President since WW2 has doubled down on proxy wars in order to make ignorant Americans attached to them and addicted to patriotic power.
Flash forward and watch as Trump tells Americans that Democrats will ruin our hegemony, and watch as Genocide Joe calls Trump and his orgasmic dweebs fascists and ignores his own Fascism and love of power, hegemony, and killing (because Genocide Joe has NEVER met a war he didn’t like). Neither of them has ever served, let alone in combat, but they are both willing to sacrifice your sons and daughters, and natives everywhere to support greed and megalomaniac corporations and Zionists who don’t even know that they also will eventually be sacrificed. Zionists and those who support them and apologists for them have no morals or ethics, and that includes EVERY US President and EVERY US politician. African lives to sacrifice, yippee! Ukrainian lives to sacrifice, yippee! Palestinian lives to sacrifice, yippee! Yemeni lives to sacrifice, yippee! Latin American lives to sacrifice, yippee! And on, and on, and on, and on… They are ALL greedy, bloodthirsty moronic twits. Some Republican cowards (who are Virgins Talking About Sex) are openly calling for the US to colonize Africa and all of Latin America.
I don’t agree with people telling others, “Don’t vote. It’s a waste of time.” If you want to have a Democracy, you must accept the responsibilities of a Democratic Citizen. People not participating like Citizens are why we are in this mess now. It’s not like Biden or Trump portray it, that if you vote for the other it’s a vote against Democracy; because if you vote for either of these morons, you vote against Democracy, human rights, freedom, and your own conscience. Write in whoever you want, at least you will have a clear conscience. Trump will destroy this country, and so will Biden, and both of them may start WW3. I have to thank
for sharing his reply to the woman who said she despises Trump so much that she’s willing to turn her head from Biden’s genocide — SMH. I have no patience for people insisting that poor goomba rapist Donald or poor Genocide Joe have no control over whether they participate in these things or not; intimating such is just complete ignorance of facts. There’s more that matters here for humanity than your own personal issues of WinningTM. Democrats suck! Republicans suck! Tories suck! Labour sucks! Zionists suck and pay for all of them. Your enemy is not conservatives; your enemy is not liberals; your enemy is Zionism and anyone who supports it, and the propaganda they both produce. Citizens who refuse to look at what their WinnerTM is involved in are as guilty as the perpetrator.Being a witness applies to the individual and the people of [America]. If we individual [Americans] are witnesses to the people, then there will be a people [America]. If we individual [Americans] fail to be witnesses, there will be no people. To be a witness means to be involved, to accept responsibility. Upon the involvement in the responsibility of the individual [Americans] the very existence of the people depends. To witness man’s cruelty to man and remain indifferent is an act of betrayal of the legacy of [America]; it would be a grave sin for the [Americans] of our day to go on enjoying the prosperity and comforts of this age and to remain deaf to the sufferings of our brethren, not to care when they are oppressed, not to feel hurt when they are molested.
The Insecurity Of Freedom – A Declaration Of Conscience
– Abraham Joshua Heschel
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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. You can find him mostly on SubStack & Facebook. It’s important that you read the Foreward (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.
X Rubicon: Crossing Life, Sex, Love, & Killing in CIA Proxy Wars: An indictment of US Citizens: ignorantia non excusat
"As I continue to process the suffering my Beloved has caused and the suffering he has endured, it is like walking through a raging inferno. Fire has two capacities. Fire can just burn and destroy leaving only destruction and ashes. Fire can also purify and open a space for new life to thrive. For over 40 years Rubicon has been engulfed within an inextinguishable fiery hell. It is only by Grace and fortitude that it did not leave him as a pile of ashes." (From the Foreward)
“A book by humans for humans. Support humanity.” (Jackson, Michigan)
"Within 2-1/2 years I became guilty of planning and assisting in the slaughter of thousands, and was directly responsible for the killing of >300, from a distance, close up, and personal. I had become everything I despised...” (Rubicon)
“Sean's book truthfully takes the reader through a horrendous 2.5 years of deception and death, and 40+ years of locking away emotions and truth. His compassion comes through as he describes the aftermath of PTSD. This is a narrative that is jarring and unsettling, but there is a sense that knowing the true invites us to change the reality of our love affair with the military. We can wake up, become aware of what we have allowed to happen with the trillions of dollars spent to kill and ravage other countries (all in the name of America), and change the trajectory of our role in the world. There is hope if we are honest and learn from our past.” (Jules Bond)
“This is NOT another patriotic account of war vainglory. It is a raw and vulnerable account of a man coming to terms with what he has done and how he has grown in life. A veteran of CIA proxy conflicts in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua has given his story to the author. It is very intense writing, and takes a first hand critical view of the VA, CIA, Presidents, Congress, and especially the American public. I found myself weeping and drawn to the arguments made. It seems geared totally toward combat PTSD, combat veterans, their SO's, young men especially, and an ignorant public. There is plenty of discussion on dealing with an intense PTSD over a life-time, and some advice for sufferers and their SO's and family. It's definitely a different paradigm in this narrative than I've ever read before. The veteran's wife wrote the Foreward and it will definitely grab your heart and conscience.” (Barnes & Noble Editorial Review - AS)
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