I just don't get why people can't accept that a punk-ass loser killed JFK

[BlueStreak]

170. Not necessarily. It depends on their goals and how much institutional support they had

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If Hunt is to be believed at all, this was a rag tag operation. After all, you can't run around the halls of CIA HQ saying "We're going to assassinate our President. Can I get some help planning a nice clean operation here?" Even at the CIA that conducts assassinations all over the world, that would raise some eyebrows.

Moreover, there is a strong indication they might have been going for a two-fer. There were plenty of people in the CIA who wanted JFK (and especially RFK) gone. And one of the reasons was that they were completely at odds with the Kennedys on Cuba. The CIA was trying to overthrow Castro and/or whip up a war that could be ramped up. In a very literal sense, some elements in the CIA were trying to precipitate World War III.

With that backdrop, it makes perfect sense that they might try to use the assassination to further their goals toward stoking the conflict with Cuba/USSR. If they could kill Kennedy AND make it look like Castro did it, that is killing two birds with one stone. If they could make the public believe Castro killed our beloved President, Johnson would have little choice but to invade Cuba.

Sloppy? Yes it was. And when Oswald went and killed the cop and quickly got arrested, the CIA panicked. They gave up the Castro angle and just concentrated on doing the cover-up. They would go after Castro another day.