Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone--so very alone, in fact--assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
If you are among the multitudes who believe in a conspiracy, I wonder which conspiracy, and why is this conspiracy should be considered valid and the others faulty? Your conclusions have probably been influenced by Oliver Stone's JFK. Of course, if you take that for gospel, then you must also believe that there is an actual Peter Parker who lives in New York City who moonlights as the great SpiderMan.
If you're looking for the results of real research into the event, read Gerald Posner's, Case Closed.
For a more elementary approach, go to http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm
Seriously, if you haven't read Posner's book, don't approach me on this. There are dozens of conspiracy theories. If you count the branches of the theories, then they number in the hundreds or even the thousands. Which is right? None of them. They are conspiracy theories posited by people who simply wish for a conspiracy. What this means, Occam's Razor in hand, is that Oswald was the lone gunman.
Taking Occam's Razor for the gospel truth, eh? Let me take a journey into the incredible paradox you've just created...
ReplyDeleteIf I cause something to happen, the only (best) possible explanation is the simplest. Thus, by causing said reaction in a manner that is (suffice to say) not the simplest way, I've just defied possibility. Woops!
Simply because people look for a conspiracy, doesn't imply they don't occur. And just because the best explanation is often the simplest, doesn't mean that it is the right explanation.
To be honest, I don't know what to believe, but maybe (just maybe) we'll find out after the case is unsealed in 2039...just long enough for everyone involved to be dead and gone.