President Johnson: “Fidel Castro Got Kennedy First”

[John Corbett]

There is obviously a hierarchy of conspiracy theories insofar as making any rational sense is concerned.

I place the Mafia at the top because the Mafia had the best motive imaginable (big, big money and an intense hatred of JFK).

For the same reason, right-wing Texas oilmen are right there as well - big, big money and intense hatred.

For either of these, Oswald would have been the perfect patsy: A Russkie-loving, Castro-loving Marxist would point the finger as far from the Mafia and right-wing Texas oilmen as humanly possible. The fact that he pointed at Castro and might cause an invasion of Cuba would have thrilled the Mafia and not displeased the oilmen.

I suppose "anti-Castro Cuban exiles enraged by the Bay of Pigs" would be a step or two below these.

I have a difficult time making any sense of the currently favored CIA-type theories, or any elaborate, multi-faceted theory for that matter.

The insurmountable problem with KGB/G2-type theories is that Oswald would point the finger right at them. They choose an erratic goof with a cheesy rifle whose entire life will point the finger right at them if he's caught and they do absolutely nothing to prevent him from being caught - and they do this because "Hey, he's working in the TSBD and JFK's limousine is going to slow down right in front of it"?

Nah, just not plausible. Cubans who shared Oswald's pro-Castro sympathies might have ratched-up his anti-JFK feelings, but it is extremely implausible that anyone actually connected with the KGB, G2 or Castro would have been involved in any capacity. Khrushchev and Castro would obviously have understood what LBJ did - using an assassin like Oswald would have invited a massive invasion of Cuba at best and nuclear war at worst.

I don't have a list of possible conspirators because there is zero evidence had any accomplices.