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"I am more intrigued on who set the parade route right in front of Oswald. Coincidence? Maybe so, but the probability of the route being put there randomly is much less than the probability of LHO making the shot. A conspiracy hunt should start with who picked the parade route."

It was a crime of opportunity. It so happened that the President travelled by a building where Oswald worked, and he took advantage of that. Who knows how many assassinations did not happen because the opportunities weren't there.

As for who picked it, it was determined by the choice of location for the speech he was travelling to give. And that choice was mostly determined by the Governor. The problem that leaves is obvious. The Governor was hit and nearly killed in the same shooting.

Interesting post. A friend of mine made the same observation with a twist. He said another angle for a conspiracy would be to have multiple shooters working in high buildings at various locations in the city, so that no matter where the parade route was eventually chosen to go, it would pass by one of half-a-dozen or so buildings that had snipers in them. In that way, no matter which sniper shot him, it would look like a "crime of opportunity" as you describe.

The debate will rage forever, I guess, but on the whole, I think I agree with you. The most likely explanation is that it was the right guy (or is that the wrong guy?) in the right place at the right time. For Kennedy, I think it was a case of "some days, things just don't go your way....."