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Who is "they?" AFAIK, Sirhan Sirhan acted alone out of animosity for RFK supporting Israel in the 6-day war in 1967.
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Who is "they?" AFAIK, Sirhan Sirhan acted alone out of animosity for RFK supporting Israel in the 6-day war in 1967.
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Perhaps.
Perhaps Oswald acted alone.
Perhaps James Earl Ray did too.
Or perhaps not.
Perhaps JFK was killed because he planned to end our involvement in Vietnam.
Perhaps RFK and MLK were killed because they too opposed the war.
Or perhaps not.
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12-13-2015, 03:28 PM
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Perhaps.
Perhaps Oswald acted alone.
Perhaps James Earl Ray did too.
Or perhaps not.
Perhaps JFK was killed because he planned to end our involvement in Vietnam.
Perhaps RFK and MLK were killed because they too opposed the war.
Or perhaps not.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan#Motives
OTOH, I do believe in the possibility of conspiracies in the JFK and MLK murders, particularly MLK. After having spent a half-day recently at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis (highly recommended, BTW), it was difficult coming to another conclusion.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan#Motives
OTOH, I do believe in the possibility of conspiracies in the JFK and MLK murders, particularly MLK. After having spent a half-day recently at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis (highly recommended, BTW), it was difficult coming to another conclusion.
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The question regarding Sirhan Sirhan isn't whether he shot RFK but whether he was self-actualized. I think the identity of those responsible for the assassinations of JRK, RFK, MLK and Malcolm X is very much an open question.
One thing is for certain and that is that they all said and proposed things the MIC didn't want said or proposed.
And then there's J. Edgar Hoover.
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Maybe so, but let's not get distracted from the message.
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Maybe so, but let's not get distracted from the message.
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The message is terrific, but had nothing to do with his death as implied by the OP.
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The message is terrific, but had nothing to do with his death as implied by the OP.
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He had to die, Our American form of capitalism could never have let him live and still survive. The war machine that fuels our economy could not have survived true peace. Hell, it can't get by more than a couple of years tops without war.....
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He had to die, Our American form of capitalism could never have let him live and still survive. The war machine that fuels our economy could not have survived true peace. Hell, it can't get by more than a couple of years tops without war.....
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To the extent that James Earl Ray acted as part of a larger conspiracy (if he did), I think a more compelling case would be Hoover and his ilk wanting to keep race relations right where they were prior to the civil rights movement.
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To the extent that James Earl Ray acted as part of a larger conspiracy (if he did), I think a more compelling case would be Hoover and his ilk wanting to keep race relations right where they were prior to the civil rights movement.
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Frankly, it's far from inconceivable that Hoover was behind all 4 assassinations. He absolutely hated the Kennedys, Bobby in particular, and, as you say, wanted to preserve segregation and Jim Crow. Malcolm and Martin were a threat to that, particularly as their positions on key issues moved closer to each other's.
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