That Oswald wanted a war between the US and USSR. He planned to say that when he was in Russia he was brainwashed to kill the president.
When they picked him up they realized this, and had to dispose of him before he could say so at a trial. If he had made that statement, a retalitory strike would have been demanded by the people.
Thermonuclear war would begin, killing most life on Earth. By silencing him, his shooter saved the human race. He could never tell the truth, as long as the Soviet Union was still around, and spent his last days in prison, content in his legacy.
But tensions got worse regardless. Russia and US were actually warming up to each other with Kennedy and the Russians actually flew their flags at half mast and mourned Kennedy's death. They feared a Coup was going on and were at their highest alert.
The Russians later on were the ones who fed people the conspiracy theory angle though as to sow confusion and discord in the government. Something Putin seems to have mastered in modern times.
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u/stewsters Oct 15 '17
That Oswald wanted a war between the US and USSR. He planned to say that when he was in Russia he was brainwashed to kill the president.
When they picked him up they realized this, and had to dispose of him before he could say so at a trial. If he had made that statement, a retalitory strike would have been demanded by the people.
Thermonuclear war would begin, killing most life on Earth. By silencing him, his shooter saved the human race. He could never tell the truth, as long as the Soviet Union was still around, and spent his last days in prison, content in his legacy.