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JFK and RFK: The Plots that Killed Them, The Patsies that Didn’t, by James Fetzer Los Angeles, Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan, Manchurian Candidate, Jfk Assasination, Sheriff Deputy, Evil People, Be The Reason, Life Sentence

Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated 42 years ago in the midst of his campaign for the U.S. presidency. Largely overshadowed by the death of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, the official account of RFK’s tragic end, allegedly shot down by a lone gunman, like his brother, has received vastly less attention. In both instances, we are looking at staged events that fit into a recurrent pattern in U.S. and world history where innocent individuals (or “patsies”) are baited and framed for…

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The Manchurian Candidate, American Cold War thriller, released in 1962, that catapulted John Frankenheimer to the top ranks of Hollywood directors. A platoon of American soldiers led by Maj. Bennett Marco (played by Frank Sinatra) is captured, taken to Manchuria, and brainwashed by communists during the Korean War. Ignorant of their brainwashing, the soldiers are released, and after the war Marco, Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), and another member of the unit mysteriously experience the…

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