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In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)For some reason, President Kennedy's motorcade turned from Main Street on to Elm Street, a turn of around 120-degrees that made the President's car slow down and giving his assassins an ideal position for ambush. It also changed the course of the motorcade to pass directly in front of Lee Harvey Oswald's last place of employment, the Texas School Book Depository.
This has a major parallel in history that seldom, if ever, gets mentioned: the assassination by ambush in 1942 of the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague and a principal architect of The Holocaust.
A 120-degree turn in the road slowed down Heydrich's car, giving his assassins an ideal position for ambush.
Oliver Stone raised this aspect in his film, "JFK" when Jim Garrison, portrayed by Kevin Kostner, says, "This was a military-style ambush from start to finish... a coup d'etat with Lyndon Johnson waiting in the wings."
It takes a platoon leader to see these things. A hairpin turn is an ideal spot for an ambush. The tactic works for removing a tyrant or a president.
Another parallel: Both men rode in open cars in hostile country.
Almost forgot to mention: Thanks to DU, this remarkable parallel between the assassination of President Kennedy and that of the NAZI Heydrich has almost been lost to history. I learned about this in researching a reply to a post above.