A question about Oswald

[Sean Kneringer]

The opportunity to kill the head of the political system that he despised dropped right into his lap.

The same guy who okayed the Bay of Pigs invasion and stared down Castro and the Russians in '62. I don't think this was lost on Oswald.

[Jon Banks]

@Mr. Banks: I generally agree with you and that’s why it seems unlikely to me that Oswald would , if he had earlier (theoretically) held a favorable opinion of JFK because JFK was doing things that Oswald would have approved of, that Oswald would suddenly flip his opinion and be enraged by just one newspaper article.
And enraged enough that he would contemplate shooting JFK.
That is, presuming Oswald was NOT suffering  from a bipolar disorder or some other metal problem.

You're presuming: A) that Oswald read the news article and B), that it changed his mind about Kennedy.

Both rely too much on assumptions in my humble opinion.

We have zero evidence that Oswald disliked JFK or was even angry at him in 1963. And we know that Oswald's political views were closer to JFK's than Walker's. We also know that Oswald was aware after the assassination that killing JFK wouldn't change US policies towards Cuba (per Capt. Will Fritz's testimony).

Edwin Walker was a rightwing extremist who hated JFK. For all we know, he might've been involved in a rightwing plot against JFK and planted the story that Oswald took a shot at him in order to deflect suspicions about his own involvement in the Kennedy assassination.

[Jon Banks]

The same guy who okayed the Bay of Pigs invasion and stared down Castro and the Russians in '62. I don't think this was lost on Oswald.

If that's true, why did Lee speak positively of JFK in 1962 and 1963?

If he was so pro-Cuba, one wouldn't expect him to have told Marina and others that he liked Kennedy.

[Sean Kneringer]

If that's true, why did Lee speak positively of JFK in 1962 and 1963?

If he was so pro-Cuba, one wouldn't expect him to have told Marina and others that he liked Kennedy.

So what? You don't think OJ ever spoke positively about Nicole? Things change.

[Jon Banks]

So what? You don't think OJ ever spoke positively about Nicole? Things change.

The “what” is that there’s evidence that counters your assumption and no evidence that he disliked JFK.

Whatever Oswald’s true feelings about Cuba, neither the Bay of Pigs, nor the Cuban Missile Crisis mattered to him apparently.

[John Iacoletti]

Oswald was a political kook. 

Not nearly as politically kooky as “Richard Smith”.

He had demonstrative a willingness to commit a political assassination with Walker.

LOL

[Richard Smith]

If that's true, why did Lee speak positively of JFK in 1962 and 1963?

If he was so pro-Cuba, one wouldn't expect him to have told Marina and others that he liked Kennedy.

Oswald could have "liked" JFK the person, but still committed the act.  The assassination was a political act.   If it had been Nixon, LBJ or anyone else in that car as President, he would have still committed the act.  It was not personal but political.   Even if you disagree with that and think Oswald was behaving in some inconsistent way from how you think that assassin would have acted, it does not eliminate the evidence which links Oswald to the crime beyond any doubt.  His rifle was left at the scene of the crime.