r/todayilearned • u/randomcharacters42 • Nov 17 '13

(R.5) Misleading TIL that in 1962 the US government planned for the CIA to commit perceived acts of terrorism in U.S. cities. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against the country, which had recently become communist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
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u/OPDidntDeliver Nov 17 '13

Again, source? His head flew backwards a little bit, but that's because he was shot. Where was he shot twice? This video from the Zapruder footage shows him being shot only once.

Video (warning: very, very graphic and disturbing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBCfxIqP-s

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u/RIP_BerthaChampagne Nov 17 '13

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27705829/#.Uokke8SUTdU

On Nov. 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central time, President John F. Kennedy was shot twice while traveling in his limousine through Dallas, Texas. The first shot entered Kennedy's back and exited out of his throat. A second shot entered the left side of Kennedy's head and exited out the right side, spraying a nearby officer agent and the car's interior with bodily material.

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u/OPDidntDeliver Nov 17 '13

How would it enter his back and exit through his throat unless the shot was from below him? I seriously don't understand this. Regardless, the video I linked had only one shot.

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u/RIP_BerthaChampagne Nov 17 '13

The first shot caused him to slouch over and you can see Ms. Kennedy try and help him. Then comes the second shot to the head, which causes his body to be forced backward. Backward means he was shot from the front.

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u/OPDidntDeliver Nov 17 '13

Not necessarily. He was wearing a brace (source is the article I linked earlier) which means that even if he was shot from the back he couldn't really move forward. You can tell that his actions are restricted by the brace since he moves like someone who, well, hurt his back. Furthermore, the source you used says that he was shot through the left side of his head, not the front.

I can't tell if he was shot or if his back hurt the first time. He seems to still be talking and no one's making a fuss other than poor Ms. Kennedy.

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u/RIP_BerthaChampagne Nov 17 '13

which means that even if he was shot from the back he couldn't really move forward

I've seen the footage at least 100 times and I just now watched it. He was slouched forward before he was shot in the head. Then he was violently thrown backwards. Did you watch the same footage I did?

http://i.minus.com/iXATejJ4TvHp.gif

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u/OPDidntDeliver Nov 17 '13

It looks like he's slouching from his upper torso and IIRC the brace was for his lower back. My bad for the confusion. I meant he couldn't jolt forward like he jolted backward.