John
F Kennedy Conspiracy Theory
Did John Fitzgerald
Kennedy (JFK) get shot by the Soviet? The charismatic forty six year old
president, during his second year in term, was assassinated on a November 22,
1963. President John F. Kennedy, father of four (Patrick Bouvier Kennedy,
Caroline Kennedy, John F Kennedy Jr, and Arabella Kennedy), was killed as he
rode through downtown Dallas, Texas (Goldman). Shocking everyone not just in
the United States, but the entire world. Making the world memorized to their
television as peopled mourned. Meanwhile, numerous conspiracy theories have
established:
1.
Was President
John F. Kennedy really assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald?
2.
Did President
John F. Kennedy get shot by Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)?
3.
Or was President
John F. Kennedy killed by the Soviet?
Here is a look at some supporting
evidence over these three conspiracy theory in regards to JFK’s assassination.
Character
Analysis
Who was John F Kennedy?
The 35th President was the youngest elected president and the
youngest president to die (“John F. Kennedy”). Most people did not know John F.
Kennedy as a womanizer or a meth addict internally, so what was he truly like? 
Picture a handsome/ youthful
muscular man that is 6’0” and 170 pounds, has bright blue eyes, and
reddish-brown hair (“John F Kennedy Personality Traits”). Externally, he was charismatic, confident,
self-dependent, and a witty man (DeGregorio). He was a curious man who loved to
take a risk (1). He was also the first Catholic president the United States
had. That man, JFK, had affairs with an actress, airline stewardesses,
strippers, a secrete first marriage, and ladies in the White House. “Including movie
goddess Marilyn Monroe.”(“The Sex Life of JFK”). During World War II, he had an
affair with Inga Arvad (1). It has been assumed John F. Kennedy turn out to be
a womanizer from the tragic events that had taken place in his life. Along the
lines of his ruthless relationship with his mother, loss of siblings, and
health concerns (1). Also, his father had committed adultery, therefore perhaps
he believed he could get away with it as well. He had become a womanizer long before
he came into office (1). The President described himself as “an idealist
without illusion” (1). Even after he got into office and married his wife, Jacqueline
Bouvier, he still continued to have sexual relationships though.
JFK was a very
intelligent man. He graduated from Harvard in 1940 (House). To be President,
you have to have characteristics of a leader. John F. Kennedy had presented
leadership while he served in the Navy, in the presidential office, and at home
with his loved ones (1). He was acknowledged as a model father to his children
(“The Atlantic”). On the other hand, he “used an arsenal of drugs, including
painkillers and stimulants, to treat various medical conditions during his
presidency” (JFK Took Many Drugs for Secret Health Problems). John F. Kennedy
took up to twelve medications at once sometimes. Health records expose that John
F. Kennedy took:
Antibiotics for urinary tract infections
Antihistamines for the purpose of his allergies
Anti-psychotic to treat a severe mood changes
Anti-spasmodics for his colitis
Barbiturates so he could sleep
Codeine
Demerol and methadone to relieve pain, mainly in his
back
Gamma globulin for infections
Injections of a blood derivative
Librium and Meprobamate as anxiety relaxer
Ritalin
Steroids for his Addison's disease
Thyroid hormone (1).
Our country was run by a meth addict and
womanizer for two years.
How many people knew
that at the time though? JFK was such a great leader in office, but did you
know he was a womanizer and a meth addict behind closed doors?
Conspiracy
Descriptions (Main Idea and Details with Survey Results)
In the assassination of
John F. Kennedy, three conspiracy theories were said. One of the theories
suggested that he was shot by the Soviet. The second theory proposed Lyndon B. Johnson
had someone shoot JFK, so he could become president. Lastly, it has been said
that Lee Harvey Oswald killed him.
The
initially conspiracy theory proposed that John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee
Harvey Oswald as JFK murderer. “Oswald, was believed to have used a mail-order
rifle in order to shoot the president from the sixth story window of the Texas
School Book Depository”. (“President Kennedy Is Assassinated") Individuals
declared to have witness seeing Lee Harvey Oswald at the Depository that day,
considering he worked there (1). It has been said he killed him because of the
fact that he was a member of the communist party (Kincaid). Oswald was called
back to keep a watch upon the anti-Castro Cubans by Hoover, and he would be
involved with the CIA operation to kill Castro (1). Of course, Oswald was an
informer and actually tipped off the Chicago authorities about the plot to kill
John F. Kennedy there. The same day as Kennedy’s assassination Oswald was
confronted by a police officer, Officer J. D. Tippit, matching the description
of John F. Kennedy killer. Oswald shot and killed Officer J. D. Tippit for
confronting him on being JFK suspect killer. Oswald was found nearly an hour
after the shooting with the revolver that matched the bullet of the one that
killed the officer (“Accused JFK Assassin Is Arrested, Then Gunned
down."). Shortly after the First Lady and Officer’s J. D. Tippit’s wife
exchanged letters over their devastating losses. Seven months prior to
Kennedy’s death Oswald was also association to the murder of Edwin Walker, who
he had been surreptitiously stalking ("FRONTLINE.").
The second conspiracy suggests that John
F. Kennedy was assassinated by someone employed through Lyndon B. Johnson so he
could take over presidency. Lyndon B. Johnson was vice president at the time
with a smaller amount of power. Lyndon
B. Johnson was a political rival of John F. Kennedy (“LBJ Killed JFK”). “After
tomorrow those godd–n Kennedys will never embarrass me again. That’s not a
threat. That’s a promise.” (“Did LBJ Kill
JFK?”) It has been understood that Lyndon B. Johnson said this to his mistress,
Madeleine Brown, on the evening before John F. Kennedy’s assassination (1). Presidential
motorcade pulled into Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas at the time of Vice
President Johnson’s car made a turn on Elm St. into Dealey Plaza. Before the
first gunshot was fired, Lyndon B. Johnson had ducked onto the bottom of his
vehicle (1). Correspondingly, Lyndon B. Johnson’s hit man, Malcom Wallace,
fingerprints were discovered on top of a cardboard box on the sixth floor of the
Texas School Book Depository (1). Right after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon
B. Johnson started influencing individuals that the Russian government was to be
held responsible for Kennedy’s passing (1). Out of twenty-one people surveyed, eighteen
disagreed that Lyndon B Johnson was the assassin of John F. Kennedy.
The
last conspiracy theory points to the Soviet. During the Arms Race in Vienna,
Australia of June 1961, Kennedy met with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (“The
Cold War”). Khrushchev remained testing nuclear weapons, while threatened to
disconnect Allied connection to Berlin, and ordered the manufacture of the
Berlin Wall to keep the East and West German’s separated (1). During the Cuban
Missile Crisis John F. Kennedy said “It shall be the policy of this nation, to
regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western
Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a
full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.”. (JFK Forgotten Crisis) The
Cuban Missile Crisis is what caused the most hazardous encounter in the Cold War
competitiveness amongst the United States and the Soviet Union. Shortly before
JFK assassination, Castro chose an alliance with the Soviet Union leading up to
the conclusion that Castro and the Soviet Union killed JFK (NBC). Lee Harvey
Oswald was also a part of the Soviet Union between the years 1959-1962 and has
been known as a secret agent for the soviet since (1). Lee Harvey Oswald had
just come back from visiting the Cuban and Soviet in earlier October (1).
On
a Gallup survey, several conspiracies were tested over John F. Kennedy’s death.
The outcomes were out of a 100% each time. 77% of individuals believe the
Soviet Union had something to do with it (“Americans: Kennedy Assassination a
Conspiracy”). Next, out of a 100%, 75%
of people believed Lyndon B. Johnson was involved in Kennedy’s murder (1). It
has been said that three-quarters of America believes more than one person was
involved in Kennedy’s assassination (1). The Kennedy household is still searching
for answers at the moment, about who is responsible of the death of President John
F. Kennedy.
Conclusion
John F. Kennedy remains
as one of the largest mysteries assassinations in the United States, since
November 22, 1963 during his second term as president. The forty six year old president,
disappearance established into three conspiracy theories:
1. Was President John F. Kennedy really
assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald?
2. Did President John F. Kennedy get shot
by Lyndon Johnson?
3. Or was President John F. Kennedy killed
by the Soviet?
Even today, the 6’0”
and 170 pounds, handsome, bright blue eyes, reddish-brown hair, muscular, and charming
president, continues to confuse family and friends. (“John F Kennedy
Personality Traits”). In spite of the fact that the majority of evidence point
towards Lee Harvey Oswald as his killer, the mystery remains unsolved fifty
three years later.
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