[fastbike]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', 'S')pend a few hours googling about Ruppert and read some text by his detractors before joining his legion of disciples. I would suggest this for any author, but particularly for Ruppert.

[Pherdz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')pend a few hours googling about Ruppert and read some text by his detractors before joining his legion of disciples. I would suggest this for any author, but particularly for Ruppert.

[backstop]

Maybe the greatest compliment to Ruppert's professional credibility as an investigator is that his detractors (who may yet be called "Coincidence Theorists") are reduced to attempting mere character assassination, rather than systematically rebutting the evidence he presents ?

regards,

Backstop

[Grimnir]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('fastbike', '
')As to the notion that if half of what he alleges is true he'd be goneski - that's too obvious. Kill the fellow and he becomes a martyr. Instead discredit him, then he is shunned and neutralised that way.

[PhilBiker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')h come on now. This is the Bush Administration! The Bush Administration that callously murdered thousands of its own citizens in order to seize political power, slandered and destroyed everyone within their ranks who expressed dissent, and they react to the guy who exposes the whole gig by...subtly applying pressure on his publisher to print fewer copies? It just doesn't make sense.

[PhilBiker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')aybe the greatest compliment to Ruppert's professional credibility as an investigator is that his detractors (who may yet be called "Coincidence Theorists") are reduced to attempting mere character assassination, rather than systematically rebutting the evidence he presents ?

[fastbike]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', 'S')pend a few hours googling about Ruppert and read some text by his detractors before joining his legion of disciples. I would suggest this for any author, but particularly for Ruppert.

[PhilBiker]

That's Ruppert's MO. He'll continue asking irrelevant paranoid questions like that forever. I mean, read those!! Is that coming from a stable mind? Is that someone you want to trust?

[stu]

I 've just finished reading Cross the Rubicon and my initial thoughts are that it is an amazingly researched book and would totally change, if not, make you strongly question how you view the world.

Essentially what Ruppert does is show that 9/11 was planned and allowed to happen in order for the "war on terror" to commence. The War on terror is actually going to be a series of resource wars that will see the world fight over the last remaining supplies of oil. In his conclusion at the end he seems to say that this occurred because of the dissapointing results that were coming from drilling in the Caspian Sea- an area that had been called "the next Middle East". Realising that oil shortages were coming they then set up the 9/11 tragedy using the CIA, the DofD and other government agencies.

There is a lot more that I could explain but it is just too much. What people who have not read this book need to realise is that it is 600 pages long, contains over 900 sources of information (including well known newspapers and news agencys) and took Ruppert two years to compile. These facts alone would convince me of Rupperts research abilities and his credentials.

I notice that people also say that the main reason for not believing him is because he is still alive or that he is just a wacky conspiracy theorist. Firstly he admits that the question he is most frequently asked is "why is he still alive?" His main answer is that he believes that it would not be cost effective for the CIA to kill him as he is not important. Though it does beg the question that if he has just blown the whole secret plan wide open why is he not deemed a priority for assassination.

Secondly I would not describe him as a wacky conspiracy theorist for the following reasons. When he is answering unanswered questions on 9/11 he uses information that was released by news agencies such as AP and Reuters but which were never really followed up by the mass media. Also a look at his credentials dispells the conspiracy theorist tag. His newsletter From The Wilderness is sent to 16,000 subscribers. Amongst these people are 35 members of the Senate, members of intelligence commitees and professors of universities. From what I know conspiracy theorists don't attract these kind of audiences.

Of course the only way to know is to read the book for yourself and I would thoroughly recommend it.

[Peachy]

He's probably still alive[b] because[\b] he is widly discounted as a conspiracy theorist. If he were to be killed under unusual circumstances there is a certain danger that more people would take him seriously.

I've just finished the first section of the book and his argument that there is a connection between severel distinct situations in world politics is very compelling. For example Ruppurt points out that the so called drug war has really served to consolidate the worlds drug production in countries which are firmily under the control of the US. Columbia now produces nearly all of the cocain in circulation and Afghanistan the heroin. On the surface it just doesn't make since, our tax dollars are supposed to be fighting a war against drugs so why is it that over the past 20 years drug production has become so centralised and increased so much. Ruppert explains, and the argument rings true. He does this again and again with various US interventions around the world and ties them together in what appears to be a coherent general plan for world domination and control of resources.

I challenge you to read the book and provide evidence to the contrary.

[fastbike]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', 'T')hat's Ruppert's MO. He'll continue asking irrelevant paranoid questions like that forever. I mean, read those!! Is that coming from a stable mind? Is that someone you want to trust?

[Bytesmiths]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('stu', '.').. he admits that the question he is most frequently asked is "why is he still alive?" His main answer is that he believes that it would not be cost effective for the CIA to kill him as he is not important. Though it does beg the question that if he has just blown the whole secret plan wide open why is he not deemed a priority for assassination.

[fastbike]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', 'W')hether you do or not, most people do rely on someone's character for credibility.

[stu]

[QUOTE]

Why is Rupert still alive? The same reason why this website hasn't been shut down. It's simply below the public's believability threshold, and those who are capable of assassinating people and shutting down websites know it's more trouble than it's worth

Good point. Awareness of peak oil in general is very low, obviously due to lack of mass media interest. Rupperts life would only be threatened if more people took notice.

I've also noticed that the current rating of his book is 28 in the non-fiction section on Amazon.

I'm having some success in persuading friends to get the book by listing the facts of the research and the credentials of Ruppert.

How does everyone else respond to you when you talk about the book?

[Riddick]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', 'T')hat's Ruppert's MO. He'll continue asking irrelevant paranoid questions like that forever. I mean, read those!! Is that coming from a stable mind? Is that someone you want to trust?

[EZODIAK]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')aybe the greatest compliment to Ruppert's professional credibility as an investigator is that his detractors (who may yet be called "Coincidence Theorists") are reduced to attempting mere character assassination, rather than systematically rebutting the evidence he presents ?

[PhilBiker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ah, I'd rather trust the people running the government.

[PhilBiker]

God help us when LaRouche gets on the Peak Oil bandwagon.

[Riddick]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ah, I'd rather trust the people running the government.

[stu]

A book which will definitely appeal to the conspiracy theorist inside you.

Ruppert alleges that the war on terror is actually a cover for a series of resource wars that will happen due to the inevitable decline in oil supplies. His main focus is on how 9/11 was allowed to happen and he comes to the conclusion that Dick Cheney was in charge of a wargames operation that was happening on the very same day as the attacks on the twin towers. This is part of the reason why it took so long for the USAF to respond to the hijackings.

When I first read the blurb on the back of this book I have to admit that I thought that it was just another book amongst a series of others about 9/11.

When I finished a lot of things did seem to make a bit more sense. Ruppert describes how he investigates the theory of Mike Vreeland a spy for the Naval Intelligence Service who, in August 2001, describes a massive attack that will happen on the 11th September. From there he goes on to follow other leads which back up his theory that 9/11 was a set up.

When you finally get to the end of the 600 pages and browse some of the 900 sources of information you are left to wonder whether what you have actually read is true or not.

Personally I think that the more evidence you can add to a theory then the more believable it is until you can't deny the truth any more. This book will start many discussions and arguments and will be equally lauded as it will be criticized.