JFK Assassination: 50 Years Later

[Joshua_B]

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Schlosser85]

I don't think Oswald acted alone, if he even shot JFK at all.

 

[The Question]

I think Oswald probably acted alone.

 

[souvlaki]

There was a time where I was absolutely convinced there was more than 1 shooter and even doubted Oswald was involved at all. Looking at the evidence now though I think it's not only plausible but likely Oswald acted alone.

 

[The Question]

There was a time where I was absolutely convinced there was more than 1 shooter and even doubted Oswald was involved at all. Looking at the evidence now though I think it's not only plausible but likely Oswald acted alone.

Same here. There's really not any evidence that it was an organized hit of any kind.

 

[Bim]

I don't think Oswald acted alone, if he even shot JFK at all.

My feelings exactly.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I think Oswald probably acted alone.

This.

 

[Themanofbat]

I don't think people care enough whether Oswald acted alone or not... even IF evidence were to suggest that there was another party, be it the mob, or even the government, what's going to happen? Chances are that the people involved are dead, and to the ones that may still be living, by the time it would go to trial, they would be dead or way too old to serve any time that would matter... In my opinion, people choose to believe what they're told... like Columbus discovering America... lol... because it makes their lives more "convenient", as well as not be disturbed by the "alternatives"....

Just my opinion.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I see no reason why there has to be a conspiracy theory.

Oswald was a mentally unstable person, with marksman training, who had thought about assassinating public figures for some time (and even attempted it earlier that year, when he nearly shot Edwin Walker).

If John Hinckley (another unhinged loon) had killed Ronald Reagan people would probably think that was a conspiracy too.

 

[Matt]

Frankly, I don't think the government is competent enough to cover up Kennedy's death.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I was big into the conspiracy theory, but after learning facts about Oswald (his precise marksmanship and his obvious psychological need to be noticed) I believe he acted alone.

 

[moviedoors]

There was a time where I was absolutely convinced there was more than 1 shooter and even doubted Oswald was involved at all. Looking at the evidence now though I think it's not only plausible but likely Oswald acted alone.

Yup, that.

 

[souvlaki]

Frankly, I don't think the government is competent enough to cover up Kennedy's death.

This. I do not believe for a second the government could cover up something like this for more than a few years, let alone 50. The older I get the more Kennedy conspiracy theorists sound as ridiculous to me as someone on Ancient Aliens.

 

[Thundercrack85]

That does assume the government knows the truth.

 

[souvlaki]

Either way, patsy or not I think it can be agreed upon that Oswald was a pretty lousy human being by anyone that bothers to do a bit of research into his life.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I feel like JFK's assassination stands as a time capsule to show the difference in American life at that time. Not only was Oswald able to have a gun within 100 yards of the President, but the motorcade itself was extremely open to the public in general. You would never see that today.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Well, you can certainly see why...

It's worth noting that even at the time, some people in the Secret Service (and the police) thought going around in an open top car was a bad idea.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Frankly, I don't think the government is competent enough to cover up Kennedy's death.

Agreed. The government couldn't cover up Watergate, they can't even run a website now. The idea that everyone involved in a conspiracy kept quiet for over 50 years is absurd, and that's ignoring all the evidence that supports Oswald being the lone gunman.

 

[enterthemadness]

I don't think Oswald acted alone, if he even shot JFK at all.

I've told this story before. I think I was in 10th grade. I took a Keyboarding class. The Teacher was in the service back in the day, around this time. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING in the class was about JFK Assassination. Learned a lot. According to him, Oswald was a piss poor shot.

I haven't looked at much of the evidence over the years....but it's hard to believe one man did this alone. The fact he got knocked off doesn't help much.

 

[AnneFan]

I can see the interest in the assassination and the theories, though this stuff can annoy me sometimes. Like Lennon and others who went before their time, they did a lot more than just die, and I like to celebrate that.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I've told this story before. I think I was in 10th grade. I took a Keyboarding class. The Teacher was in the service back in the day, around this time. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING in the class was about JFK Assassination. Learned a lot. According to him, Oswald was a piss poor shot.

I haven't looked at much of the evidence over the years....but it's hard to believe one man did this alone. The fact he got knocked off doesn't help much.

We know Oswald was a good shot from military records.

I don't understand why it's hard to believe that one man could kill another man in a slow moving convertible with a scoped rifle.

Lee Harvey Oswald was the most hated man in the country (if not the world) after he murdered Kennedy, it's not really surprising that someone tried to murder him. There's a reason he was surrounded by police officers.

I think people just find the idea that Oswald acted alone unsatisfactory. But that doesn't mean it isn't true.

 

[souvlaki]

The only detail that leaves lingering doubts in my mind is just how easily Oswald was able to defect to the Soviet Union and then return to the United States with seemingly no problems all. I mean, I know it was a different time, blahblahblah, but this is at the height of the Cold War.

Also, just out of curiosity, it has been awhile since I read about the assassination but has anyone properly explained why the famous photo of Oswald holding a gun has inconsistencies between the shadows on his face and the light source in the rest of the photo? I'm sure there is a completely logical explanation but I haven't put much thought into this in like 20 years. There was that, and a photo on file with the CIA of someone who was very obviously not Oswald using his name to get a passport in Mexico City that never made sense to me when I was a kid.

 

[Kelly]

60% of Americans do not believe Oswald was alone. There is footage of a man, his wife and two children up on the lawn of the park face down on the ground. He heard the first shot, and then the third. He does not believe that all shots came from window, he says one came from over his shoulder. From behind him....a very compelling story.

 

[Kelly]

We know Oswald was a good shot from military records.

I don't understand why it's hard to believe that one man could kill another man in a slow moving convertible with a scoped rifle.

Lee Harvey Oswald was the most hated man in the country (if not the world) after he murdered Kennedy, it's not really surprising that someone tried to murder him. There's a reason he was surrounded by police officers.

I think people just find the idea that Oswald acted alone unsatisfactory. But that doesn't mean it isn't true.

To me, after pretty much reading everything there is about that day, I was really interested in this in high school, listening to interviews, seeing all the footage there is to see, listening to Secret Service Agents that have begun to speak out, and seeing no desire from the government to use technology we have today to take another look. All of those things show that the official story, just isn't exactly truthful. As to what is???? that is of course the question, but I do not believe that we have the entire story, and probably never will.

 

[The Question]

If there was a second shooter, I doubt the "conspiracy" goes any deeper than Oswald having an accomplice in his absurd personal quest for glory, and the Secret Service and the FBI didn't release any information about a second shooter during the course of the investigation in hopes of trapping him, and because they were unable to catch him and because of all of the hoopla surrounding the assassination they're just keeping it under wraps out of embarrassment.