striker7, on 12 October 2010 - 05:17 PM, said:
Do you believe that the JFK Assassination is one of the biggest conspiracy theories in the US?
Why has this event gripped the nation for so long?
I do not believe it is one of the biggest, but I do believe that Oswald was at the very least not alone.
Why has it gripped the nation for so long? JFK was probably the most widely loved president in living memory, so when he was killed and people had genuine questions about what exactly happened that day, was it really a solo job by Oswald, with no associates whatsoever? Well, I personally don't think so, so that leaves the question for me personally: Let's assume he was not working alone, who was he working with? What exactly was the motivation? How high up does this go? And what else could the same accomplices have done elsewhere? Or maybe Oswald was used as a patsy as people claim? And if so, who set him up? Again what could the real motivation be?
So, questions like these are worrying, and because of that they die hard. Also, as I said Kennedy was a favourite. We want to believe some sinister organization had him put down, because then the world works like it does in books and movies, so we tend to wish for that to be true. That's why I think it has gripped not only the American nation, but also the world, for so long.
The thing is, even if we wish it to be true, that doesn't neccesarily preclude it from being true, or as I can paraphrase it: "You're not paranoid, if they're really after you."