The purpose of this thread is to discuss legitimate historical questions about JFK's assassination, by which I mean questions that pretty much everyone agrees have not been answered to a high degree of certainty.
This is not a thread for rambling about conspiracy theories. This is not a thread for questions like: "Why did LBJ order the destruction of all files related to Project Twilight, in which mafia-trained Cuban exiles were practiced shooting at alien-shaped moving targets from long range at a CIA assassins' school?" It is a thread in which we can identify questions that pretty much everyone can agree are still in dispute... and which may or may not indicate the presence of a multi-person plot. For example:
What was Oswald's motive? I don't think we really know for sure. Even most conspiracy theorists think Oswald played some role in the events, but then, why would he play any role at all? There have been several suggestions made as to why Oswald did what he did: to impress Castro, to revenge Castro, to impress his wife, to make a name for himself, etc. Some motivations are more plausible than others, and more than one may be in play; but we don't really know.
Did someone put Oswald up to it? Even if there was a single shooter, it is still possible that someone may have set Oswald to the task, or perhaps made him a "promise" in exchange.
Where was Oswald going? After departing Dealey Plaza, Oswald went to his residence to get his pistol and jacket. He then departed his residence, but where was he going? How did he plan to get out of the city? Where did he think he might hide?
What bullet hit Tague? There are lots of possibilities, but no one knows.
What happened to the missing bullet? At least one shot missed and there seems to be no trace of it. (In some theories, multiple shots missed, and all evidence of them vanished without a trace.) Where did the missing bullet go? And why did it miss everything? Again, there are lots of proposals, but no one knows.
What did Tippitt say to Oswald? Had Oswald kept his cool, he might have been let go, but something prompted him to shoot the officer. What happened? Can we ever know?
It is a fact of life that every major event leaves unanswered questions. The fact that there are unanswered questions does not necessarily imply that there is anything sinister going on. What other legitimate historical unanswered questions are there?
This is not a thread for rambling about conspiracy theories. This is not a thread for questions like: "Why did LBJ order the destruction of all files related to Project Twilight, in which mafia-trained Cuban exiles were practiced shooting at alien-shaped moving targets from long range at a CIA assassins' school?" It is a thread in which we can identify questions that pretty much everyone can agree are still in dispute... and which may or may not indicate the presence of a multi-person plot. For example:
What was Oswald's motive? I don't think we really know for sure. Even most conspiracy theorists think Oswald played some role in the events, but then, why would he play any role at all? There have been several suggestions made as to why Oswald did what he did: to impress Castro, to revenge Castro, to impress his wife, to make a name for himself, etc. Some motivations are more plausible than others, and more than one may be in play; but we don't really know.
Did someone put Oswald up to it? Even if there was a single shooter, it is still possible that someone may have set Oswald to the task, or perhaps made him a "promise" in exchange.
Where was Oswald going? After departing Dealey Plaza, Oswald went to his residence to get his pistol and jacket. He then departed his residence, but where was he going? How did he plan to get out of the city? Where did he think he might hide?
What bullet hit Tague? There are lots of possibilities, but no one knows.
What happened to the missing bullet? At least one shot missed and there seems to be no trace of it. (In some theories, multiple shots missed, and all evidence of them vanished without a trace.) Where did the missing bullet go? And why did it miss everything? Again, there are lots of proposals, but no one knows.
What did Tippitt say to Oswald? Had Oswald kept his cool, he might have been let go, but something prompted him to shoot the officer. What happened? Can we ever know?
It is a fact of life that every major event leaves unanswered questions. The fact that there are unanswered questions does not necessarily imply that there is anything sinister going on. What other legitimate historical unanswered questions are there?
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