the reason people keep searching and searching and searching and digging and digging and digging to try to find out "what really happened" is that they simply can't conceive that a piece of human debris and flotsam and jetsam like Oswald could kill the most powerful man in the world just like he was plinking cans off the top of a fence. I don't think that's true. People have an overwhelming tendency to believe what they are told to believe. However, when the "tellers" consistently act as would someone who is highly motivated to sell you snake oil, even the most gullible become suspicious. People were told, from the first hours, before any evidence had been collected and analyzed, that LHO, acting alone, did the deed. Therefore, if there is a lot of disbelief much of it can be laid at the feet of the demeanor of the establishment in putting forth its point of view.
Having said that, I have also been squarely in the camp that LHO was a bit player (the Patsy) in a wider scheme. I revisit the issue at 20th, 30th, 40th anniversary. I will admit, probably due to the internet, that this time around, I have a far greater belief that the official story may be the correct one. Until this year, I gave zero credence to the SBT based, primarily, on the Z-film (it doesn't look like Connolly is hit in the necessary time frame) and Parkland doctors (whom I naturally believe more than a highly motivated establishment seeming to try too hard to convince me while being closed and secretive about evidence). While I still feel this way, I have seen many interpretations of the Z film to question my recollection/judgments, and I give slightly more credence to the position that the Parkland doctor's may have been confused.
My primary point here, however, is that the level of disbelief, IMO, has far less to do with your explanation, above, than it has to do with the behavior of the establishment in putting forth its version in a manner akin to a whitewash.
Very well said-my take on this govt whitewash? Posner who did a good job debunking most (but not all) of the conspiracy myths regarding this tragedy did say there was a conspiracy! But he stated the conspiracy was after the fact to hide govt agency mistakes by the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, Dallas Police, etc.
I can take that a bit further - and it is not a great leap to do so - Oswald looks like he had some spook links - maybe he was an FBI informant or a CIA informant for both pro Castro and anti Castro groups. These agencies use such snitches all the time. It could be that he was not even an important snitch but one of many that these agencies employed. It seems Oswald lived in a fantasy world of his making where he saw himself playing a bigger role in such things. Maybe he overheard some of his important anti-Castro pals (like Ferrie and Banister) talking about how they would like to kill JFK over some beers and how they would gladly pay someone to do it. You know bullsh*t talk among queer (pun intended) folks who also had links to govt agencies like the FBI and CIA. Again none of these guys ever intended to kill JFK - it was only macho (pun intended again) talk.
Unstable Oswald, then saw an opportunity to carry out this wish and make a big name for himself and make himself a hero to these important men.
The problem is for the govt men is that if it got out they had links to Oswald (even if he was just an informant for them) it would look bad for them. So they began to cover up the fact that this lone gunman had any dealings with said authorities.
This sort of blowback exists in our time. Many of these al-Qaeda types were once intimates of our CIA but you would not go far trying to find a record in the CIA about who recruited him or how much money or training was sent his way. This obstruction leads to doubts and these doubts lead to questions then it all snowballs out of control.
That is my complicated possible explanation of it all.