Let's have a poll on JFK

[JackRiddler]

215. Very much depends...

I'd be skeptical prima facie of a single document, say, from the Pentagon. If such a scenario as yours were true, there would be hundreds or thousands of documents showing it. If all of these were released unredacted and academic historians came to a consensus as to their authenticity, that would be very persuasive.

I think 55% of DU respondents agree with me that the "swirl" of conspiracy theories is largely a matter of distraction, a cottage industry, disinformation, and denial of the "unspeakable." There is one scenario that stands out as compelling and comprehensively explaining all of the outstanding facts. And that, if we were talking about any other country, would be considered a not-infrequent and not at all implausible matter of realpolitik or "statecraft." It's only because it's the United States that there is such resistance to acknowledging the barely-hidden coup d'etat.