And I think that if you (the general you—not you personally) feel that there is nothing afoot there with Oswald just deciding one day to shoot the President and Ruby just one day deciding to off Oswald, you’re not looking at it logically. But...Things happen all the time that don’t make so much sense to those not close to the situation—this was over 50 years ago so nobody is “close”.
But two assassinations—one of a man who was protected by the US Secret Service and the other who was actually in custody of the Dallas Police Department—that has to rate as almost impossible on the irony-o-meter; both in terms of being able to kill the protected person and the circumstances of their assassins acting on a whim.
The problem is that you are trying to assign "logic" to people who were seemingly operating off emotions. The same with the assassination of President McKinley. Irrational people can't be explained by logic.
Ok.
If you were watching this from Mars and were told that the guy who shot the most powerful man in the world it would probably surprise you. If you were told the man was arrested…it would probably not surprise you. If you were told that the guy who killed the President was killed while in custody..it would shock you.
Now…if you were told that the reason both gunmen did what they did was unknown and there was no connection, no obvious motivation, and no known reason…you’d call bullshit or whatever the Martian word for Bullshit is.
This is without knowing the details of Oswald’s odd actions after killing Kennedy, without knowing Ruby’s sordid past, and without knowing there backgrounds of both men.
Again, you're trying to find rational motivations from irrational people. The "most powerful man in the world" was driving around in a convertible to be accessible to the people of Dallas, which made him vulnerable. Did rational people suggest that he not drive in a convertible? Yes. Did he take their advice? No.
Not sure what the premise is… Kennedy was being irrational?
Perhaps a bit.
Lee Oswald thought of himself as important, in spite of the evidence to the contrary. He felt that the American Presidents exploited the working man. He made statements that he wanted to kill Eisenhower but never was close enough to kill him. Circumstances gave him the opportunity with JFK. I agree it was not rational, but in spite of appearances, Oswald was not a rational person.
Lee Harvey Oswald's Motives in Killing John Kennedy
He was rational enough to go get his rifle, wrap it in paper, concoct a story about what was in it. And kill the President. He was rational enough to take a bus to Mexico. He was rational enough to get into the USSR and Cuban embassies in Mexico City despite the intel services we had watching the embassies down there who (allegedly) say they never saw him go in.
As for the statements:
Lee Oswald thought of himself as important, in spite of the evidence to the contrary. He felt that the American Presidents exploited the working man. He made statements that he wanted to kill Eisenhower but never was close enough to kill him. Circumstances gave him the opportunity with JFK. I agree it was not rational, but in spite of appearances, Oswald was not a rational person.
Seems to me—just my opinion—that today we have a bumper crop of irrationality mixed with more guns being available than ever before. If this was all that it took, we’d have people capping public officials all day long. Yes the Secret Service are the best of the best. Governors have no SS protection. Unfortunately, as we saw, congressmen have no protection, mayors, ambassadors, or even judges….nada.
The lone nut theory doesn’t make sense in light of today’s circumstances.
