Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil

Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil | Michael C. Ruppert | Best overall review of the Bush Admin

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	Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil Michael C. Ruppert New Society Publishers, 2004 - 696 pages average customer review:based on 186 reviews view larger image
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Crossing The Rubicon

Crossing The Rubicon should be on the reference shelf for all Americans in these confusing political times. Michael Ruppert, the author, is one of the finest patriots America has ever produced. He is truthful and factual. The shredded Patriot Act, several presidencies involvement with international drug running, the economic slide that America is now experiencing, the politics behind the recent middle east wars due to diminishing oil supplies, all are referenced with names, dates and plenty of information. Is was a sad day for America when Ruppert's office was destroyed, his life threatened, and he left the country. His web site, "From The Wilderness" had to be shut down. Owning this one book should be an important beginning for understanding what has really happened to our once great country.

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Best overall review of the Bush Admin

Ruppert gives us the most detailed review what REALLY happened on 9/11 and what has happened since.

One of the best books I have read TWICE!

Book is based entirely on facts with 1,000 foot notes, how about that?

Great - 5 Stars all the way!

Must-read. Referenced in my own book

I read this book while working on my own story: The SHELL GAME, which takes many of the issues and facts presented in Rubicon and fast-forwards to 2012 when Iran will be in a position to provide enriched uranium to terrorists. Michael Ruppert's book should be required reading; moreover, it should have compelled our Congress to investigate instead of placate the Bush Administration. You cannot read this book with feeling anger, and Ruppert is to be praised for his work.
--Steve Alten, author THE SHELL GAME (Jan. 22, 2008)

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Mike: thank you for this overwhelming resource.

"Crafted as a criminal investigation of a homicide, Crossing the Rubicon examines:
- the motives for the 9/11 attacks, including the Pentagon's need for a pretext for war that would enable an all-out drive for the planet's last reserves of oil and gas; Wall Street's need for liquid cash from restored traffic in Afghani heroin; and the administration's need for legal domestic repression during severe and imminent resource shortages;
- the personnel, including Dick Cheney, the Pakistani Intelligence Agency (ISI), the Taliban, al Qaeda, the bin Ladens and elements of the government of Saudi Arabia;
- the intelligence, including covert software, the full complexity of the US intelligence community, the connections with Wall Street and the Israeli government;
-the carefully designed opportunity on the day of the attacks, the role of the Secret Service and the US Vice President;
- the blatant coverup; and
- the outcome: "The War on Terror" as pretext for the loss of US civil liberties and domination of world oil reserves."

I would suggest a notepad for taking notes; you'll need it.

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Four stars for a five star book

Michael C. Ruppert really deserves six stars for his books content and for his dogged bravery. The writing is a bit flawed and long but not the content. If one twentieth of what Ruppert claims is true then the people all over the world have been hoodwinked by the Bush Cheneny empire and their sinister politicization of 9/11.

Ruppert shows convincingly that some in our government had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks and let them happen anyway so that more Oil could be gleaned for our consumption. (Not that this even worked!) He demonstrates insider trading that allowed profiteering from the attacks. He shows FAA and NORAD evidence and timelines that conflict the "official" story. He is exhaustive in what he shows.

It's really easier not to believe any of this and that's the problem many will and do have with books like this. But when Senator Max Cleland tells us the 9/11 Kean report is a sham combined with all the other upsetting things you really do have to wonder where is the outcry and why this has not been righted.

I went on line to check some things because I was so jaw droopingly amazed. They checked out.

The travesty is huge and easier not to believe. I took me years to shift my thinking about 9/11 but this tome has helped. If more than one twentieth is true; lord help us all.

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