[RANGERAIRBORNE]

For a long time I was openly contemptuous of anyone who doubted that Oswald was the lone assassin, motivated solely by his own personal inadequacy and rage.

I laughed at Oliver Stone (well, OK, I STILL laugh at Oliver Stone- he took every crazy theory out there, threw them in a blender, and used the result as a movie script).

BUT- there are intelligent and well-informed folks who don't buy this line. Some of them were around at the time, knew the people involved, and really do not swallow the Warren Commission Report- except that it was probably a necessary measure to "keep the lid on" and prevent domestic violence or even the start of a World War.

JFK was not beloved by a lot of wealthy and powerful people i this country, and there was a very real fear in some quarters that he was losing the Cold War to the Soviet Union through his recklessness and lack of any real grasp of the foreign policy problems. He looked good on TV, he gave great speeches and scripted press conferences, but he was essentially a rich-boy amateur playing with the toy his Daddy bought for him. One of the very least-qualified Presidents of this century

I think that there very likely WAS a conspiracy. I also think that we will never know the details. If there was a conspiracy, it could not have included very many people, or it wpould have come out by now. Certainly there would not be more than a dozen who knew the truth- probably fewer.

Conspiracy theories that try to drag in EVERYONE who hated Kennedy, from the Cuban emigre's to the Mafia to Big Oil barons in Texas, as well as the CIA, FBI, Dallas Police, etc etc (and probably little green men from Mars, to) are just nuts.

[Pepper's_Paw]

One correction, please. The commission that investigate the assassination was the PRRESIDENT's Commission, not the Warren Commission.

[GaryL]

I suggest you read the book "Case Closed."
Best regards

[Fester Chugabrew]

Three shots. First goes through neck. Second glances off skull and blows brains in process. Third is lower and wild. All from Oswald. Of this much I am fairly certain after reading a good many depositions from that day.

Did Oswald act without prompting or pay? While I tend to think so, I am open to the possiblility that others wanted JFK taken out.

One thing that bothers me is that the motorcade slowed down a little after the first shot. This allowed Oswald to firm up a second and third shot. The angle was such that the target was easy.

Certainly a powerful day in history. I was 5 years old and could not help but notice how it had a profound effect on the world around me.

[#3Fan]

JFK was not beloved by a lot of wealthy and powerful people i this country, and there was a very real fear in some quarters that he was losing the Cold War to the Soviet Union through his recklessness and lack of any real grasp of the foreign policy problems. He looked good on TV, he gave great speeches and scripted press conferences, but he was essentially a rich-boy amateur playing with the toy his Daddy bought for him. One of the very least-qualified Presidents of this century

Well put. He was a great talker, but indecisive in critical situations. Not a good thing at the height of the Cold War with a nut like Kruschev on the other side.

[Just mythoughts]

Senator Spector, of Scottish law did it for me.

I have no idea whether it was Oswald alone, or not at all, Mob, LBJ, Castro, but in a few years they will all be together in that holding pen in the sky.

I figure I will find out the truth when I join the rest.