Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by rightbyte 504 days ago
>Ultimately who killed JFK or MLK doesn't matter all that much today, except as a matter of historical accuracy.

Come on those would be the most high profile murders in the US in the 20th century?

2 comments

Undeniable. And Bobby Kennedy. But, ask yourself why you care more than the deaths of McKinley, or Hoffa or Malcolm X

I maybe said it badly. I think MLKs unanswered questions have more current value, than JFKs because I think they tell us more about morally corrupting behaviour in US institutions. I don't tend to think any US agency paid a part in JFKs assassination, although they bungled the aftermath.

I've been to the book depositary. Sad place. Banal even.

Franz Ferdinands death would be higher on that list i reckon.
> in the US
[...] During the war, the U.S. mobilized over 4.7 million military personnel and suffered the loss of over 116,000 soldiers. [...]

From Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_World_War_I