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For those who are pointing to the "magic bullet" theory, it's all a matter of understanding how both Kennedy and Connally were seated in the limo. No "magic" bu
by jstalin 13y ago
For those who are pointing to the "magic bullet" theory, it's all a matter of understanding how both Kennedy and Connally were seated in the limo. No "magic" bullet required:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/sbt.htm http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/sbt.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_bullet_theory#Theorized_path_of_the_bullet_CE399 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_bullet_theory#Theorized...
I grew up with a steady diet of conspiracy theories. My mom could be considered a guru on JFK. But after venturing out on my own and reading actual source materials, like many of the interviews in the Warren report, such as the doctors, Marina Oswald, and even the bus driver that picked Oswald up after the murder, makes it clear that Oswald did it.
I'll admit that there are still some weird parts to the story, like Oswald's visit to the Cuban embassy in Mexico city, but I'm willing to bet that Oswald was some sort of CIA source or contact and that fact needed to be covered up. It would have been supremely embarrassing. But I don't think that there's any wider conspiracy.
Edit: For those that are interested, I think the McAdams site is the best "anti-conspiracy" site out there, despite its 1990 internet look: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm
- mhartl 13y agoSo much of the conspiracy theorists' case rests on the "magic bullet" that you'd think its definitive refutation would have chastened them. Perhaps my favorite source is this video, which uses the Zapruder film and computer animation techniques to recreate the scene: http://youtu.be/DSBXW1-VGmM http://youtu.be/DSBXW1-VGmM It's clear from the timing and the geometry that a single bullet, originating from the Texas School Book Depository, did indeed hit both Kennedy and Connally. Another cornerstone of the conspiracy case is that Kennedy's head moved "back and to the left" after being hit, when in fact the Zapruder film shows a sharp movement forward immediately after impact. This fact was uncovered by, of all people, Richard Feynman: http://assassinationscience.com/johncostella/jfk/intro/wound.html http://assassinationscience.com/johncostella/jfk/intro/wound... (Warning: graphic imagery). The real world is messy, and conspiracy theorists will always be able to find things to stoke their suspicions, even though many of the key "facts" underpinning the conspiracy theories have been debunked in the years since the assassination. It's clear at this point that no amount of evidence will convince some people that Kennedy was killed not by an elaborate plot but rather by a lone nutjob. But Oswald had the means (rifle & training), motive (desire, as a 24-year-old loser, to prove his importance to the world), and opportunity (a job in a building that happened to lie on the motorcade route published in the paper on 11/20 and 11/21). As Robert Oswald, Lee Harvey's brother, put it, the Kennedy assassination was one of those "happenstances of history"—undeniably, a bitter pill to swallow.
- jstalin 13y agoThe stabilized version of the Zapruder film is instructive: [WARNING GORE] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTBInhsKW3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTBInhsKW3E Of course, that then leads to the conspiracy theorists claiming that the Zapruder film has been altered too. In fact, they believe that, incredibly, all available evidence was tampered with.
- singularity2001 13y agoI am willing to accept those videos but why is the bullet not deformed?
- jstalin 13y agoIt is. Here's the bullet head on. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ce399.gif http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ce399.gif
- mhartl 13y agoThe bullet was deformed: http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/ranb40/firearms/Notpristine.jpg http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320/ranb40/firearms/Notp... Oswald used full metal jacket ammunition designed for piercing targets, and post-impact deformations for such bullets are often slight. (Incidentally, such ammo is not the best choice for an assassination, as hollow-point bullets that explode on impact are much deadlier. This is yet more evidence that Oswald wasn't a pro.)
- singularity2001 13y agook, thanks. so the only conspiracy remaining is the secret pluto landing. which is so secret that even you haven't heard of it.
- singularity2001 13y agohere is the video which finally convinced me: JFK Beyond the Magic Bullet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5xfTKqf1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5xfTKqf1A Now back to George ... de Mohrenschildt ;)
- singularity2001 13y agoyes, everything points to cover-ups of CIA connections and Mafia-police connections. very embarrassing but no definite proof of wider conspiracy.