Posted on 09/11/2023 6:52:15 AM PDT by libstripper
Just imagine you are Oswald. You are a CIA asset. They have sent you to Russia. You are supposed to be acting like a commie sympathizer to infiltrate communist groups. You have been told that JFK is soft on the reds by your handlers and that something is going to be done about it. They get you a job in the book depository and tell you to wait for orders.
One of your handlers tells you to go downstairs to the cafeteria and get some coffee. On the way back to the warehouse all hell breaks loose. Someone says they shot the president. Suddenly it all becomes clear to you...why they got you the job on the sixth floor, why they asked you to order the mail order gun. Even why you were sent for coffee. You have to get out of there.
You all know the rest of the story. He flees the scene, is stopped by a cop, who he shoots. He goes to a theater where he is caught. He claims he is a patsy up until he is shot by Ruby.
Looks like two shots. One from behind, he kind of hunches over and Jackie’s fussing with him, then the big shot from the front and the pink mist.
Here is why I still have a little doubt: One book I read was ‘Appointment in Dallas’ by Hugh MacDonald, a man with impeccable credentials and well known to Bugliosi. ‘AD’ makes the case for a second gunmen with LHO being a patsy. His story makes sense out of Oswalds actions and statements after the shooting.
I was hoping Bugliosi would address the case made by HM, instead, he ridiculed him. I was disappointed in VB for doing so.
None the less, VB’s book was extensively researched and makes a very strong case. If I was a juror on the LHO trial, I would vote to convict.
I’ve visited that site and I agree 1000%.
Coming directly toward him, fully exposed vs. driving away at an angle going slightly downhill. I’ve been hinting before and know with certainty that the former is a much, MUCH easier shot. Why he wouldn’t take it can only be explained in one of two ways. He wasn’t there to shoot in the first place, or it wasn’t yet time according to the plan.
There is a wikipedia article on Gerald Posner.
If you read the book, I will be curious about your reaction or that of anyone else here who is knowledgeable on the assassination. I took it that you had some knowledge because your question indicated considerably more insight than we usually see in these discussions. Please excuse me if I was curt with you. I am not willing to summarize the book. I thought perhaps a quote would do, but I realize that I have given away my copy or it was lost when I moved my office library. That is all.
I will be very interested in your reaction to Posner. Please take a look at it and I will read Bugliosi on your recommend.
One minor detail that VB brings out in his book is one aspect of the detailed investigation into LHO by the FBI. Example: Recall that LHO took a bus from Dallas to Mexico City (if he was part of a conspiracy, it seems logical that he would have flown, but I digress). Back to the bus trip: The FBI tracked down every passenger that was on that bus and interviewed them. The ones that did remember Oswald all had a similar impression in that he was a strange character and a loner.
Bugliosi’s book took care of any lingering doubts that I might still have had after Posner’s.
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