As the Warren Commission eventually demonstrated, the only
person that did not attend JFK's motorcade through Dallas with the
intention of killing him that day was Zapruder. Groups whose killers
(paid and pro bono) included the Legitimate Businessman's Association
(upset over Robert Kennedy's investigation of the Mafia), the Soviets
(upset over the Cuban missile crisis), the KKK (upset that the US
had a Catholic President), the Vatican (upset that JFK was not bringing
the US into the safety of the Pope's rule), the Cubans, both pro-
and anti-Castro, the Secret Service (to demonstrate why Presidents
need their services), the Mormons (a belated retalitation for the
Utah War), the Canadians (in retaliation for rude comments made
during the Cuban Missile Crisis), Jacqueline (for JFK's infidelity),
all of Marilyn Monroe's exes (for similar reasons), the Illuminati,
and the Reverse Vampires. Needless to say, the American obsession
with conspiracies and secret societies became a major part of that
nation's character after more than five thousand bullets tore through
the President, his wife and anyone unfortunate to be in the path
of the killer sent by the American Foundation for the Blind.
Suppose only one assassin made to the square that day and
further suppose he was a lone nut? Take Lee Harvey Oswald, who
confessed late in life to having gone to Dallas to kill JFK that
day only to wait too long and have the prize snatched away from
him. While it is tragic to see a POTUS cut down before his time,
would JFK's death at the hands of a lone gunman been better for the
American psyche than what actually happened?
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/james_nicoll
http://www.cafepress.com/jdnicoll
(For all your "The problem with
defending the English language [...]" T-****rt, cup and tote-bag needs)
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