02-04-2015, 02:58 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:The "most convincing" motives I have heard attributed to Oswald were:
a) He was shooting at Connally, who (as Secretary of War?) had denied his request to restore his discharge;
b) He was mad at Marina because she wouldn't sleep with him, and also she had expressed a desire to see the handsome young stud President at the parade;
Connally was Secretary of the Navy. We have the same problem as with JFK: why didn't Oswald shoot at the car as it approached the TSBD, or turned on to Elm? The easiest shot in the world. Both men were on the right side of the car, and directly below the sniper's lair.
As for b), Oswald doesn't appear to have been that interested in sex (or any other "vice"). He seems to have been pretty stoic and simple & self-disciplined in his tastes. The kind of guy who could live in a little room and be happy with his books. Marina, on the other hand (according to a lot of things I've read), was quite sexually active, enjoyed smoking, shopping and generally indulging in the American Way of Life. They were a pretty mismatched couple.