Today is the forty-first anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s murder. It seems like only a few months ago that I was watching back-to-back specials on PBS, A&E, the History Channel and network TV on the murder of JFK during the weekend of November 22, 2003. I don’t mean to use a cliche, but time really does…never mind.
Last night while watching a rerun of a JFK-assassination special hosted by Peter Jennings, I didn’t realize a year had passed. The show was about how the murder was purportedly committed by Lee Harvey Oswald, and only Lee Harvey Oswald. Poppycock.
You know what convinces me more than anything else that something fishy was going on? The fact that Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, defected to the Soviet Union, was lent money by the U.S. government to return with his Russian wife, for crying out loud, and wasn’t immediately arrested and/or thrown in prison. People were blacklisted in those days for suspected Communist leanings. Am I really supposed to believe Oswald was acting alone and wasn’t a spy? Come on! His records are still classified, so we’ll never know what he really did while in Russia.
Back in August I revealed my conspiracy theory leanings and fondness for the movie “JFK.” I watched that last night, too, and I still didn’t remember the anniversary.
Also see Wikipedia’s entry on Oswald.
I just realized I’m more interested in Kennedy’s death than his life. Maybe other bloggers have written retrospectives. If you know of any, let me know.
Update: Have you heard about the JFK assassination video game?
