Checkmate! by Ralph Cinque
(2010-07-19 at 23:41:19 )

Checkmate! by Ralph Cinque

a review of JFK: Analysis of a Shooting by Orlando Martin

JFK: Analysis of a Shooting by Orlando Martin is a monumental
contribution to the JFK literature. I think most people have serious
doubts that Oswald killed Kennedy, but after reading this book, you will
know beyond any doubt that it was physically impossible for Oswald to
have done it.

Mr. Martin, a retired military officer of 20 years service, was a Drill
Instructor and Sharpshooter, with a rating of Expert (the highest). He
specialized in long-range sniper and combat assault rifles.

The gist of the book is that by examining the Zapruder film, the
ballistics evidence, and the medical evidence, it can be determined,
beyond all doubt, that 3 gunmen fired a total of 5 shots at the motorcade
in Dealey Plaza. The first shot, which missed completely and grazed a
bystander, can be traced back to a low elevation in the Dallas Tex
Building. The second and fourth shots were taken from high atop the
Dallas Criminal Court Building, while the third and fifth shots were
taken from the Grassy Knoll.

Different weapons and caliber of bullets were used in these shootings.
No shots were taken from the Texas School Book Depository, where Oswald
allegedly was.

Delving deeper, the first shot zipped over Kennedys head, missing him
completely, and struck a curb 400 feet away. Martin reasons that the
shooter may have missed because the road (Elm Street) dipped down. And,
he points out that J. Edgar Hoover admitted afterwards, in writing, that
the first bullet was not copper-jacketed, which means that it could not
have been a standard 6.5 mm Carcano bullet, like those allegedly used by
Oswald. Also, the low impact point of the first bullet (the curb) proves
that it was shot from a low vantage point, not from a 6th floor. If
Oswald had taken the shot from his angle, it would have meant that he
mis-aimed by a distance greater than that of a football field. It Is
Preposterous!

Martin also notes that Oswalds best opportunity to shoot Kennedy was when
the limo was on Houston Street before it turned onto Elm. He would have
had a straight approaching head shot, with the vehicle slowing down and
Kennedy getting closer to him and with no visual obstructions. Towards
Elm Street, there was a big oak tree obstructing his view. So, why did he
wait? Of course, Martin does not think Oswald shot at Kennedy at all.

Shots 2 and 3 struck almost simultaneously, within a time frame of less
than 1/10 of a second. Martin insists that could only have happened with
assistance from a -Spotter- who was on the street and in radio
communication with the shooters. Somebody had to have said, -Now.- And
both shots missed their intended target: Kennedys head. Shot 2 went
through his back and out his chest before entering Connally. Shot 3 went
through his neck (as attested to by Parkland Hospital doctors who
described an entrance wound in his neck). Of course, the Warren
Commission claimed afterwards that a single -Magic Bullet- from the rear
inflicted all 7 wounds in the two men before falling out, practically
unmarred, from Connallys thigh at Parkland Hospital. (The bullet was
found intact even though large fragments of it were left behind in
Connally. I guess in this case, the whole was greater than the sum of
its parts.)

Note that it was future-Senator Arlen Specter who came up with the single
bullet theory. However, Martin points out that the bullet had a downward
trajectory of 45 degrees, and it would have had to travel upward in
Kennedys body to reach the supposed exit point in his neck. In other
words, before getting to any of the incredible -zags- that followed, the
very first -zig- of the magic bullet was utterly impossible. In reality,
that bullet went straight through Kennedy without deflecting. So, how did
it go up when it was angling down? And did you know that, inadvertently,
the magic bullet got -cleaned- before it could be examined for
microscopic tissue traces from Kennedy or Connally? How convenient.

The third shot arose from the Grassy Knoll, and it was definitely not a
Carcano bullet because it did not exit. The Parkland doctors who found
the entry wound in his neck searched for an exit wound but did not find
one. Martin says it must have been a small caliber bullet. One of the
Parkland doctors performed a tracheotomy on Kennedy which obliterated the
small round bullet hole, converting it into a long surgical gash. The
fourth shot struck Connally in his right wrist and then fragments of it
entered his left thigh in multiple places. But, It Was The Fifth Bullet
That Definitively Killed Kennedy.

The fifth bullet exploded upon impacting the right side of Kennedys head
forward of his temple. Ballistics prove that it was taken from the Grassy
Knoll. Not only did Kennedys head explode, but the bullet itself exploded
and disintegrated right on the surface of his head. In the Zapruder film,
you can clearly see this highly localized and concentrated explosion. The
bullet did not bore through his head as a solid projectile. The blowout
of Kennedys head in back was caused by a vast number of minute fragments
- not an intact bullet. Why did the fifth bullet not travel through
Kennedys head intact?

Martin says it is because it was not a high-powered, large caliber,
copper-jacketed bullet. Martin is convinced that it was a medium caliber,
soft-core bullet that was deliberately modified: center-tapped and
drilled out at its base to remove some of the lead. This made the bullet
faster and more prone to disintegration upon impact, which is what they
wanted. A large caliber, copper-jacketed bullet, like a Carcano, would
have gone right through Kennedys head and straight into Jackie. And
apparently, the order had been given not to harm a hair on Jackies head.

Martin emphasizes that Bullet Trajectory Analysis was never performed
after Kennedys assassination, not by the Secret Service which did the
first investigation, and not by the FBI, which did the second. Finally,
in May 1964, a bullet trajectory test was done by order of the Warren
Commission, but Martin explains why it was terribly flawed: it addressed
only the second bullet; it addressed only the point of impact, not the
angle of entry or the trajectory through the bodies of Kennedy and
Connally.

When you look at the complete trajectory, you realize that the bullet had
a left-to-right orientation. Oswald was to the right of Kennedy, so any
bullet he might have fired would have, by necessity, had a right-to-left
orientation. But, the investigators concluded that Oswald did it simply
because it was possible to see the impact point through the scope of
Oswalds rifle from the 6th-floor window of the Book Depository - except
when the oak tree obstructed the view. In Other Words, Their Bullet
Trajectory Test Was A Complete Farce.

Martin delves extensively into the mishandling of the medical evidence,
including the apparent kidnapping of Kennedys body. When his body was
removed from Parkland Hospital, Kennedy was in an ornate bronze casket
and he had on all of his clothes. But when he arrived at Bethesda,
Maryland for the autopsy, he was in a cheap casket, a body bag, and he
was naked.

Martin speculates at length about how Kennedys body was likely altered.
He reveals that the morticians craft was perfected by the Military. They
have developed artful and adroit methods to hide and camouflage even the
most grotesque battle wounds so that the loved ones of combat soldiers
will not be appalled upon seeing the body. And Martin says these
techniques are good enough to fool even the best autopsy doctors.
Ultimately, Kennedys whole brain was stolen, and it is still missing
to this very day.

Orlando Martin thinks it is important, for the integrity of the country,
that the truth come out about what really happened to President Kennedy,
but he is not interested in seeing any criminal prosecutions take place.

I strongly disagree. Although most of the perpetrators, and perhaps all
the major ones, are dead, some of the culprits may still be living. And
for the dead ones, even if they can not be prosecuted, they can be
forever scorned and vilified, the many honors and tributes paid to them
retracted.

Let Them Go Down In History For Being The Monstrous Criminals That
They Were!!!!

When I speak to people in my personal life about the Kennedy
assassination and this book, I find that many of them have the attitude:
-it was a long time ago; there is nothing that can be done now; it does
not matter any more; it will not change anything, so just drop it.-

I say the Kennedy assassination still matters, and not just for the sake
of bringing the perpetrators to justice. It matters because the process
by which the truth was debased, the lies concocted, the history
fabricated, the fable sewn, the official story forced down our throats,
amounts to one of the greatest mindwashings and indoctrinations to ever
take place.

Orlando Martin shows us that the official story about JFK is not just
wrong; it is fanciful, ludicrous, ridiculous, and absurd. That it
continues to be accepted as fact in all the institutions of polite
society demonstrates that America has sunk into a never-ending Twilight
Zone where up is down, black is white, and truth is whatever the official
organs of information say it is.

When Are Americans Going To Wake Up And Start Doing Some Critical
Thinking? I Say Let Them Start With The Kennedy Assassination. It Is As
Good A Place As Any To Snap Out Of The Trance We Have Been In.

June 30, 2010

Ralph Cinque has worked as a chiropractor, nutritionist, and health spa
operator. He offers a free weekly health newsletter.

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