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The most convincing motive I had heard is that the American hardliners simply didn't believe he was the right man for the job in the war against Communism. He was at least a little left-wing, he botched the Bay of Pigs operation (nevermind it probably would have never worked no matter what anyways), and he was starting to get cold feet over Vietnam.