JFK Assassination Forum

The predicament for people like me is that there is no neutral ground to dwell on; one either qualifies as a LN or a CT, an objective, open minded approach is very hard to maintain. Yes, I am critical of the Report but also of many of the conspiracy books.

The 'overwhelming evidence' you say convinced you that Oswald assassinated the President hasn't convinced me. At least not completely. The unfortunate fact that the Dallas police allowed the suspect to get lynched prevented a trial, during which many of the questions I have could have been cleared up.--JVDW

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Verily.

Stand your ground. Ignore the contentious types who soon move to ridicule or make derogatory comments in JFKA discussions (LN'ers and CT'ers). 

You are entitled to your observations. Indeed, there is room for reasonable doubt regarding official and various CT accounts of the JFKA. And yes, some CT versions are real laughers, or inspired by ideology or ethnic biases. 

My read on the Z-film is that Gov. JBC was struck ~Z-295, which is less than one second from the strike on JFK at Z-313.


Connally: I was knocked over, just doubled over by the force of the bullet. It went in my back and came out my chest about 2 inches below and the left of my right nipple. The force of the bullet drove my body over almost double and when I looked, immediately I could see I was just drenched with blood. (1 HSCA 42)[/b][/i]

The above happens ~Z-295.

There is the additional curiosity of the entry wound on the dorsal (wristwatch) side on JBC's right wrist---from a bullet that first passed through JBC's chest? His surgeon, Dr. Shaw, thought that was inexplicable. Try touching the face of a wristwatch to your chest. I advise all readers herein to do this.

Then...we see JBC holding his Stetson hat at Z-272, in his right hand. The WC says he had been shot though the right wrist by a large tumbling slug (the Western Cartridge slug is 1 1/4 inches long)---but that JBC maintained his grip on the hat even after being shot through the wrist.

I have reasonable doubts about the above scenario. How can anyone not have doubts?

The WC version also contends, after being shot through the chest, JBC did a 180-degree-turn in his seat to look for JFK.

I have reasonable doubts about that too.

In short, there are grounds to suspect two gunsels in the JFKA, given that it appears one gunsel (likely LHO) was armed with the M-C.

Name somebody else who cares.

The predicament for people like me is that there is no neutral ground to dwell on; one either qualifies as a LN or a CT, an objective, open minded approach is very hard to maintain. Yes, I am critical of the Report but also of many of the conspiracy books. \

The 'overwhelming evidence' you say convinced you that Oswald assassinated the President hasn't convinced me. At least not completely. The unfortunate fact that the Dallas police allowed the suspect to get lynched prevented a trial, during which many of the questions I have could have been cleared up.

Take for instance Oswald's supposed motive. If I remember correctly, the Warren Commission stated that Oswald resented all authority and wanted to make a name for himself and go down in history like John Wilkes Booth. I am unfamiliar with any evidence that proves this supposition.
Wouldn't it be odd for an individual who disliked authority to try to gain entry into the USSR via Cuba, where the authority of the government(s) is a major element of the organization of the state and part of everyday life of the citizens?

Another issue that puzzles me is the fact that Oswald himself, during his interrogation, and his acquaintances told the law enforcement officials that he liked President Kennedy. The various (would-be) assassins that tried to kill President Trump have not, to my knowledge, made similar statements - the same goes for the creepy weirdo who shot Charlie Kirk.

An angle that was explored in a documentary on the Discovery Channel was the 'Cuban connection.' This story first popped up out of Mexico City right after the assassination. A red-headed Negro supposedly handed Oswald $6000 to eliminate the President. I think the evidence for this is flimsy if non-existent, but the Discovery Channel reinvigorated the story, albeit based on different 'evidence.'

Vincent Bugliosi's book Reclaiming History addresses every criticism leveled at the WCR (at least the ones invented up to the time his book was published)_ He does a thorough job of demolishing every one of them. There are two absolute truths of the JFKA. One is the evidence is overwhelming that Oswald fired the shots that killed JFK and seriously wounded JBC. The other is there is no credible evidence he had even a single accomplice in the crime. Since CTs have no evidence, their only avenue to establishing a conspiracy is to tear down the findings of the WC rather than present any positive evidence there was a conspiracy. If people applied as much skepticism to criticisms of the WCR as they do to the WCR, there would be a lot fewer CTs. 

To paraphrase Yogi Berra, if people don't want to believe the WCR, nothing is going to stop them.