[maro]

And why get rid of JFK? Don’t see any upside for the Soviets.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

JFK was the last Democrat to hate Communists. I’m sure the Soviets saw him as an obstacle.

[colorado tanker]

And why get rid of JFK? Don’t see any upside for the Soviets.

True. Despite his deification in America, JFK was a feckless dilettante who Khrushchev had already rolled twice, over the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis.

If you want a conspiracy theory my money is on the Mafia or the CIA.

[DiogenesLamp]

And why get rid of JFK? Don’t see any upside for the Soviets.

He humiliated them on the world stage by making them back down in the Cuban Missile crises. (Which *HE* caused in the first place.)

Yes, I can see why the Soviets would very much want this man killed. They were all about saving face and avoiding embarrassment.