Reply #17: In the RFK case, the revisionist theories are hard to believe

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At the time he was shot, there were numerous RFK supporters around him -- Rosey Grier, George Plimpton, etc. Rosey helped subdue Sirhan Sirhan. So it seems implausible that someone else in the room shot him.

Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian Maronite Christian from East Jerusalem, who emigrated to the US at age 12. He did not adjust well, and he was very anti-Semetic, although his anti-Semitism seems motivated by nationalistic and economic rationales, and was not based on religion. In particular, he was not a Muslim.

At the time, most Jews were Democrats, since the Republicans hadn't quite let them into their country clubs just yet. RFK had expressed very strong support of Israel during his primary campaign.

The assasination was on the anniversary of the start of the Six Day War.