So we know the Chicago Mafia helped JFK win Illinois and therefore beat Nixon in 1960. This is established fact.
There is a credible theory that it was the Chicago and Mafia and the CIA who plotted to kill JFK in 1963.
**What specific action did JFK take in the interim to motivate the Mafia to turn on him? **
I can think of several possible answers, but haven't researched JFK as deeply as many on here and I'd love to hear your well-reasoned opinions.
Siccing his brother on the Mob pissed them off.
But LBJ had it done.
Are you saying LBJ was in on the assassination or that he was the force behind Bobby going after the mob?
I had forgotten that this had happened. It's a good theory, and it seems to have been a miscalculation by JFK.
LBJ was an utter POS.
Prior to the election, JFK refused to debate LBJ.
That was when the die was cast.
From what I know, Bobby Kennedy started nailing the MOB in the 1950s. So with a little encouragement from his brother, he was good to go.
LBJ probably didn't give a shit either way.
OK, I'm 3 minutes in and this video rocks.
Thank you.
I should add that I'm not a big Roger Stone fan, as his use of hyperbole hurts his credibility, but am open to the possibility that his provocative ways are just his ways of fighting the battle and he actually knows some real stuff.
I'll be watching this tonight.
I've done some deep diving on LBJ over the years, as I grew up around some Texas political figures who were honest and couldn't stand his racist corrupt ways.
Being anti-LBJ is in my blood.
Thanks.