Could Kennedy have been assassinated because of his involvement in the Vietnam War?

Question

I've heard the theory that he was assassinated because of the possibility he might pull us out, but what about the opposite theory: that he was assassinated because he tried to interfere with Cuban and Vietnamese communism?

Answer 1

I believe that maybe one day we will discover that it was his clash with powerful unions that brought about his death. Likewise his brother Bobby the AG who had also confronted them. The corrupt union boss Hoffa himslf magically disappeared and his body or last moments never discovered. Then we have Marily Monroe who was lover to both Kennedy brothers , she supposedly "committed suicide" but that was highly unlikely if you research her death. Your theory of it being a connection to the Vietnam war is sorry to say, highly improbable.

Answer 2

That's not likely. Everything I've read, supports the theory that he was possibly assassinated because he was thinking about pulling troops out of Vietnam.

Answer 3

any of these guys did it:

1. us defense/military conspiracy - which must therefore involve lyndon johnson

2. cuba/castro - to retaliate for bay of pigs, missile crisis, kennedy order to kill castro

3. mafia - to retaliate for govt operations against the mob

4. ussr - cold war

5. oswald

Answer 4

In considering that, you have to ask yourself this:  Of course JFK was against Cuban and Vietnamese communism, but if he died, would he be replaced by someone who WASN'T against Cuban and Vietnamese communism?

JFK's replacement, Lyndon Johnson, was just as much against Cuban and Vietnamese communism as JFK was.  He intended to continue the blockade against Cuba, and he continued to escalate (increase American involvement) in the Vietnam war.

In other words, there would be no point in assassinating presidents for being anti-Communist...You kill one, another one - Republican or Democrat - would always be there to take his place; a pro-Communist prez could never be elected.

Answer 5

I have heard many strange stories about President JFK. My father was in the Army since 1946 to 1969, and he told me some weird things, others have told me weird things to.One story was like this: a woman was shot and seriously injured in a bar in Dallas, Texas three days before Kennedy was killed. Once she was at the hospital receiving treatment ,she woke up on the second day and was heavily medicated and asked to speak to her surgeon or a top supervisor at the hospital. He began to ask what she needed or was something wrong, she said yes:!! he asked what's wrong ? She answered The President is going to be assassinated tomorrow. Her doctor pushed the notion out of her head and said there's no way you could know that. Then the most terrible happens. The woman that  was shot worked in a Bar in Dallas owned by the Louisiana , (New Orleans)  mafia. The doctor never quite got enough answers from her since she was released one day after the shooting of JFK and he never saw her again. but wouldn't it make someone think twice ? Only thing I can say that was told to me by a Military source was when the US went to Cuba to do away with Fidel,, they didn't succeed and had to abort the mission.

Answer 6

My own suspicions go something like this:  Kennedy inherited the Bay of Pigs Invasion plan from Eisenhower (it was Nixon's scheme).  Ike said absolutely not and shelved it.  Kennedy took one look and fell in love.  He told the CIA to recruit from the Air National Guard as well as a few other choice sources.  They went to the bone yard at Pima and resurrected a few Attack/Bombers and took everyone and everything south of the border to rehearse.  They'd recruited some 2,510 men to do the initial invasion and planned on having the Navy and Marines on stand-by.  As time drew near, brother Bobby and SecDef McNamara began having second thoughts, remembering the fiasco with the downing of a U-2 over Russia and Ike's denial up until the pilot (Capt.Gary Powers, USAF) was produced and paraded for all the world to see.  They talked to Jack and convinced him that this REALLY was a bad idea.  But what to do about all of these men?  Jack called in the head of CIA Operations and told him the mission was a "Go."  After dismissing the CIA boss, he then called in the Chief of Naval Operations and told him to keep the ships on station, but that the mission was a bust and that they were to ignore anything they heard coming over the radio and to simply "stand down."  With that, they launched the attack.  It took all of four days for the 2,510 men to die on the beaches of Cuba.

Now, can you just imagine how pissed off the CIA must have been? They'd already been tasked with covering up his extra marital affairs with Marilyn...  It was time for this embarrassment to the office, this one who flagrantly abuses his power to be stopped.  Can you think of anyone with more motive?  So, how do you do the job and get away with it?  You contract the work out and then put a contract out on the guys who do the initial contract.  No one lives longer than 20 minutes after their part of the job is complete.  No witnesses, no loose ends.

I'm not really big on conspiracy theories, but when there are more than just a few inconsistancies...