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Reasons For John F. Kennedy's Assassination Conspiracy

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Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, there have been numerous conspiracy theories but there are five that are the most popular. They are the CIA, Grassy Knoll shooter, Mafia, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Many believed that he was assassinated by the government. Some felt like the military industrial complex would have benefited from the death of the President. Dwight D. Eisenhower had warned Americans about the military industrial complex. Some think that Kennedy had taken Eisenhower’s advice and was planning on reducing the size of the military. They believed that Kennedy was planning to end the United States involvement in Vietnam and that he was planning on making a long term peace deal with the Soviet Union. This would have ended the Cold War very early. Many believed that the reduction in the size of the military serves as a motive for elements in the Pentagon and military contractors to want to end Kennedy’s life. I would give this a 15% likelihood of being the reason. …show more content…

They believed the mafia had worked with Joe Kennedy to help get JFK elected. After getting him elected, Kennedy failed to protect the United States interest in Cuba, which caused the mafia to lose a lot of money. Kennedy’s administration had also begun to crack down on organized crime. Some JFK assassination conspiracy evidence suggests that the mafia worked with the CIA to assassinate the president. Another thing that also points the mafia in the involvement in JFK’s death was their ties to Jack Ruby. Ruby was the man who shot Kennedy’s alleged shooter Lee Harvey Oswald as he was being transported by police. Ruby, also a Dallas nightclub owner, was believed to have ties to organized crime. I think likelihood of this is

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