Reasons to believe why Lee Harvey Oswald could have assasinated JFK

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    The Warren Commission blamed the murder of JFK on a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. They came to this conclusion as there was powerful evidence to point the finger at him. Oswald had many motives in order to assassinate JFK. Firstly Oswald started to show an interest in politics, he joined an organisation called the ‘Fair Play for Cuba Committee’, and he even set up a new branch in New Orleans. Here they tried to stop America from blockading Cuba. Oswald didn’t have a good family background, his dad died when he was young and he and his mother moved around a lot. Oswald also beat his wife, which shows that he wasn’t psychologically stable; this meant that had the mind to assassinate someone. As we know that America is capitalist, as Oswald was communist, this would be a plausible reason to start an attack on JFK.

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    For two and a half years, Oswald lived in the USSR, where he trained in the marines. Here, Oswald would learn different skills and learn how to spy, assassinate and most importantly, how to use a gun and plan operations. This shows us that he has the ability to use a gun and potentially plan an operation like the one that occurred on November 22nd. Oswald possessed a forged identity, under the name of ‘Alex. T. Hidell’, with this he bought a Mannlicher Carcano rifle, which was the gun found on the sixth floor of the book depositary, ...

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