President Kennedy came into office with a lot on his hands, America was scared that communism would spread, America had to pay for WWII, America had tensions with Russia, and any wrong step, president Kennedy could get america into another world war.President Kennedy had a task he had to take on when he came into office, Bay of Pig Invasion. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an invasion on January 1, 1959. The invasion took place in attempt to overthrow communist leader of cuba, Fidel Castro. The invasion was led by the FBI, 1500 Cuban exiles were trained and the ones who invaded. The invasion failed and pushed Cuba closer to communist country, Russia. Kennedy had to decide how to deal with the failure. Kenney made a lot of decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis that affected the American citizens. Kennedy was the person who picked the idea of using Cuban exiles to cuba would not know immediately that it was America involved. During the cuban Missile crisis, Kennedy's decision to hold back from and full-blown invasion was the right thing to do for America. President Kennedy made sure that the invasion was run by Cuban exiles to keep it looking like America was not involved in the invasion.
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This made the American citizens safer. “The exiles had some air support, but US President John F Kennedy was determined to keep the US involvement a secret and as the initiative turned against the invading force, he backed away from providing further critically needed air cover.” (Voss, Bay of Pigs: The 'perfect failure' of Cuba invasion) Though the Bay of Pigs invasion did not workout as planned, president Kennedy had the right response to the failure. He made sure that responding to the failure was suttle even though a proper full-blown invasion was needed. He did this because he wanted to keep america safe. If he did have a full-blown invasion, that would count as an act of war, meaning Cuba would be able to declare war. Creating a war was not safe during this time because russia was very involved with cuba now and America and Russia were in the middle of a nuclear bombs race/ cold war. Any wrong step can lead to America being bombed in second. President Kennedy holding back the invasion affected americans because it made them feel safer Though President Kennedy holding back the invasion affected the people positively, it also affected people negatively because he did not do all he could have done to help the people out fighting “Some exiles escaped to the sea, while the rest were killed or rounded up and imprisoned by Castro's forces. Almost 1,200 members of Brigade 2506 surrendered, and more than 100 were killed….Castro eventually settled on $53 million worth of baby food and medicine in exchange for the prisoners.” (JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, Bay of Pigs) Kennedy had to counterbalance the citizens safety and the fighters safety, He did this by helping out the soldiers, but only a bit to not create war. He really should have helped out the people who were fighting for his country more. Yes, the exiles were not American citizens but they were fighting for us and someone would have made sure they are able to get home safely. President kennedy’s decision to hold
This made the American citizens safer. “The exiles had some air support, but US President John F Kennedy was determined to keep the US involvement a secret and as the initiative turned against the invading force, he backed away from providing further critically needed air cover.” (Voss, Bay of Pigs: The 'perfect failure' of Cuba invasion) Though the Bay of Pigs invasion did not workout as planned, president Kennedy had the right response to the failure. He made sure that responding to the failure was suttle even though a proper full-blown invasion was needed. He did this because he wanted to keep america safe. If he did have a full-blown invasion, that would count as an act of war, meaning Cuba would be able to declare war. Creating a war was not safe during this time because russia was very involved with cuba now and America and Russia were in the middle of a nuclear bombs race/ cold war. Any wrong step can lead to America being bombed in second. President Kennedy holding back the invasion affected americans because it made them feel safer Though President Kennedy holding back the invasion affected the people positively, it also affected people negatively because he did not do all he could have done to help the people out fighting “Some exiles escaped to the sea, while the rest were killed or rounded up and imprisoned by Castro's forces. Almost 1,200 members of Brigade 2506 surrendered, and more than 100 were killed….Castro eventually settled on $53 million worth of baby food and medicine in exchange for the prisoners.” (JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, Bay of Pigs) Kennedy had to counterbalance the citizens safety and the fighters safety, He did this by helping out the soldiers, but only a bit to not create war. He really should have helped out the people who were fighting for his country more. Yes, the exiles were not American citizens but they were fighting for us and someone would have made sure they are able to get home safely. President kennedy’s decision to hold