JFK Conference: James DiEugenio made clear how Foreign Policy changed after November 22, 1963

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181. A hatchet job? Really?

25,000 interviews is a hatchet job?

Let me ask you a question: do you believe the Boston Police captured and killed the perps in the Boston Marathon bombing, or was that a hatchet job? After all, they got both of those guys within a week. How was that possible? Could the answer be "that's what police do?"

I ask because many JFK CTists seem incredulous that the Dallas Police could have grabbed Oswald so quickly. But if you think about it, the Boston bombers had a much better chance of escape than did Oswald, and they were caught. They weren't even at the scene when the bombs went off. Oswald was shooting from the TSBD. He was at ground zero. They were faces in the crowd, Oswald was the only employee missing from the TSBD after the shooting. Oswald left behind the rifle he had purchased through mail order, and that rifle was traced to him within 24 hours of the killing. The bullets that hit JFK and Connally were matched to Oswald's rifle to the exclusion of every other firearm in the world.

BTW - just because you can't be bothered to read multi-volume works doesn't mean others don't. Some of us like to read. For some it's a chore. I will say that Bugliosi's "Reclaiming History" was an easy and fast read for me, because for all its detail, it doesn't get bogged down. On the other hand, I gave up reading Walter issacson's book on Einstein after not being able to get past pg 50 in 4 days time, so turgid was his writing style.

So reading all of the WCR isn't such a big deal, because it's really very interesting, especially if - like me - you came from the CT perspective, believing all the lies that "the WCR didn't investigate this," or "Oswald was a crappy shot" or "the WCR was a hatchet job." Once you actually read the thing, it's very interesting, engaging and thorough. Not at all what the naysayers WHO HAVE NEVER READ IT say.

For most, the WCR summary that's available on line at http://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/ should be enough. But most CTists can't even be bothered to read that.