Why did Oswald kill JFK?

[Tom Mahon]

Why did Oswald kill JFK?

To become famous?

Because he was angry at Marina?

Because he was a Marxist and wanted to "advance the Dialectic" (which it now appears that he did)?

[Charles Collins]

Why did Oswald kill JFK?

To become famous?

Because he was angry at Marina?

Because he was a Marxist and wanted to "advance the Dialectic" (which it now appears that he did)?

We will never know why with any certainty. But I think that recent news reports had indicated to LHO that JFK was a threat to Castro. General Walker had also spoken out against Castro. And the opportunity to take a shot at JFK from the TSBD was just too tempting for him to resist.

[Richard Smith]

Oswald was a malcontent who blamed others for his marginalized life.  He thought he was smarter than others who he viewed as sheep accepting their pathetic roles in life.  That created resentment and a desire to show them who he was.  He turned to Marxism for attention as a counterpoint to the mainstream American political establishment and to stick it to those who had ignored him.  The assassination was a giant middle finger to those he held in contempt.  His own personal resentment fueled an anti-hero perspective of himself in which he could be someone important.  That much worked.  What he didn't bargain on was someone else with a similar mentality who would gun him down.