50th Anniversay JFK Assassination: Who Killed Him?

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I really don't know a lot about this. The part I know suggests to me he was the lone gunman. Any conspiracy would have to be a handful of people only. More than one gunman and larger scale plan is improbable in my book.

Whaddya say?

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Oh yeah, I didn't vote because I don't have enough information. It's only been 50 years. :/

If it were a group, then I'd lean towards a small group. I would not be surprised however, if he just did it himself.

 

[BuddyRey]

My take: the first two shots from the sniper's nest were made with no intention to actually hit the President, but as a way to divert the attention of everyone on the ground up to the book depository, as well as signal George Hickey, the secret service agent in the car behind Kennedy, to made the kill-shot. Evidence for this includes the fact that the "stray" bullets were hollow points, while the shot that hit Kennedy was clearly a frangible round, coupled with the fact that Oswald - a mediocre marksman at best - would have had a helluva time getting Kennedy from that particular window with a bolt-action Mannlicher-Carcano, which most ballistics experts consider a totally subpar rifle.

 

[acptulsa]

So why are you so sure Oswald fired any of the shots at all? His only role in the thing could have been as patsy.

If you want to know more, but don't want to read a whole library on the subject, my recommendation is Oswald Talked by Mary and Ray LaFontaine. It's readable, has some of the hardest facts, and goes right to who Oswald had ties with (and he had plenty).

 

[BuddyRey]

So why are you so sure Oswald fired any of the shots at all? His only role in the thing could have been as patsy.

If you want to know more, but don't want to read a whole library on the subject, my recommendation is Oswald Talked by Mary and Ray LaFontaine. It's readable, has some of the hardest facts, and goes right to who Oswald had ties with (and he had plenty).

Couldn't he have fired the first two (non-lethal) shots and still been a patsy? I'm not even sure it was Oswald in the sniper's nest, but if you think about the first two shots as both a crowd diversion and a way to signal the real killer, it'd be hard to think of a more perfect way to stage such an event. Maybe the guy in the sniper's nest was Oswald and maybe it wasn't, but there was definitely a conspiracy.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Been following this coup (obsessed ) for 50 years. The mechanics of the shooting take the background compared to the plot. I've come to the conclusion that LBJ and Poppy Bush were both deeply involved. Cui Bono? The USA has not been the same since.

 

[V3n]

My choice wasn't listed.

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  Mob, but no Oswald.

 

[phill4paul]

I cannot say for sure. JFK and RFK made many powerful enemies. I do not think that Oswald was alone in this.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Another question. What do people think about the likelihood of ever discovering the truth?

I have two competing general thoughts on this. One thought is that the passing of time makes it increasingly difficult to find the truth. The other thought is that an historian, scientist, or someone else discovers something years later. A breakthrough, of sorts.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Another question. What do people think about the likelihood of ever discovering the truth?

I have two competing general thoughts on this. One thought is that the passing of time makes it increasingly difficult to find the truth. The other thought is that an historian, scientist, or someone else discovers something years later. A breakthrough, of sorts.

Perhaps if the Israeli secret archives are ever opened, a lot of things could be explained. Whether involved or not, they have a lot of insider info from intelligence, and share, or twist, only what benefits them (as any other government factions do).

 

[Matthew5]

My choice wasn't listed.

• Mob, but no Oswald.

Ditto...I voted Mob/Oswald anyway...because I believe he was at least there, even to serve as the fall guy.

 

[Libertomics]

Oswald alone.

 

[Matthew5]

Obviously...

 

[acptulsa]

My choice wasn't listed.

• 
  Mob, but no Oswald.

Oh, come on. The mob had neither the resources nor the motivation that the CIA did.

Oswald had demonstrable ties to the CIA. We even know who his 'handler' was. He had no demonstrable ties to the Mob. Jack Ruby did, but through his anti-Castro activities, Ruby also had plenty of direct and indirect ties to the CIA.

Are you trying to tell me the mob had the connections in the Secret Service needed to change the motorcade route at the last minute with an unsigned order? The CIA could have done that; James Hoffa or John Gotti could not.

 

[Lucille]

I'll be so glad when the Boomer generation dies and we don't have to hear about JFK and f'n Camelot any more. It won't be long when talking about him will be like talking about Garfield or McKinley.

 

[phill4paul]

Oh, come on. The mob had neither the resources nor the motivation that the CIA did.

Oswald had demonstrable ties to the CIA. We even know who his 'handler' was. He had no demonstrable ties to the Mob. Jack Ruby did, but through his anti-Castro activities, Ruby also had plenty of direct and indirect ties to the CIA.

The motivation was RFK. As far as resources the mob had intimate ties with the CIA.

 

[acptulsa]

The motivation was RFK. As far as resources the mob had intimate ties with the CIA.

Very true. And that could well explain LA in 1968.

But the fingerprints all over the coup d'état of 1963 are those of the CIA. And as much motivation as Robert gave the mob, in the Bay of Pigs and his disinterest in Vietnam, John gave the CIA much more motivation. Besides, John was known to call his brother off of mobsters who paid enough tribu--er, I mean campaign contributions.. It's fairly well known that's the criterion Jack used to pick Bobby's battles for him.

And why not? After all, the family fortune was made by running rum during prohibition.

I shouldn't even say 'the mob'. That just encourages the misconceptions that give the CIA cover. There was no 'the mob', there were mobs--dozens of regionals, many of which spent much of their time trying to figure out how to expand their territories by taking the others over. The only unified mob was the CIA.

Besides, who else had the clout to arrange for an Icelandic newspaper to report the shooting,and identify Oswald as the lone perpetrator, hours before it happened? John Gotti? I think not.

 

[Seraphim]

The Fed banking cartel and/or the MIC. In some ways, they are one and the same.

No one had more to lose from JFK's plans then top end bankers and war profiteers.

 

[vita3]

cia/mob/texas oil & lbj

 

[donnay]

Jim Marrs has been researching this for years--much of his research went into Oliver Stone's movie JFK.




Also a really good book to read is Dr. Mary's Monkey by Ed Haslan.


I believe Poppy Bush, J. Edgar Hoover and LBJ wanted Kennedy gone.