Creative Speculation
In reply to the discussion: 32 Reasons and Arguments There Was No Conspiracy Behind Oswald Killing Kennedy [View all]Bolo Boffin
(23,872 posts)This group allegedly sent Ruby out to kill Oswald, right? To keep him quiet, right? He knew something and had to be silenced, right?
I know a better way to keep Oswald quiet. HELP HIM ESCAPE.
Oswald sitting in Cuba with a cigar and a mojito is going to find it very easy to not say anything to the authorities.
Patsy or killer, if Oswald knew something on the conspirators, he's a liability in the hands of the authorities. What's the guarantee the patsy Oswald wouldn't cooperate with authorities and tell what he knew, loudly, with much protestation about his rights and the corruption of the United States? Frame him or hire him, you'd want him to stay quiet, and so logic dictates that you would help him get away (or find a way to kill him on the spot).
So if you've hired Oswald to do the murder, why wouldn't you give him (along with a high-quality weapon) a silencer? Silencers were of high enough quality in 1963 that the gunshots might not even have been heard over the crowd noise. Would Howard Brennan even have known where to look to see the killer take the third shot? A silencer would have helped Oswald escape.
Instead, this mysterious group then had to arrange a second assassination of Oswald to silence him.