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Why did the US feel they needed to invaded Bay of Pigs?

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The invasion of the Bay Of Pigs was not an official U. S. government action, although there were elements of the government who were aware of the invasion, and had helped to prepare for it. During the early part of the 20th century, a great deal of money was invested in Cuba by U. S. interests, including Mafia families. Hotels, casinos, resorts, plantations, and other infrastructure was built to make Cuba a tourists paradise. However, the native people of Cuba were not allowed to reap the rewards of this investment, instead being treated nearly as slaves. This created a political environment that was ripe for revolution, and, in 1959, Fidel Castro led a popular revolt that threw out the American installed government led by Fulgencio Batista. Many Cubans with ties to the United States fled their homeland at that time, emigrating en masse to Florida. A group of Cubans who wanted to remove Castro from power approached the U. S. government seeking military intervention in Cuba, but could not find high officials willing to go against what had been a very popular uprising. However, certain members of the military were able to channel arms and other military equipment to a band of Cubans who also received the benefit of training by military personel. This private army went ashore at the Bay Of Pigs, only to encounter much stiffer resistance than they had anticipated. They contacted their friends in the American government, and requested that the American military launch airstrikes against the revolutionaries. This request was the first thing that President John F. Kennedy had heard of the counter-revoltution, and he denied the request. The counter-revolutionaries were soundly defeated, which they blamed entirely upon President Kennedy. There are those who believe that Kennedy's refusal to support the invasion was partially to blame for his assination, but there is no proof of this.

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The invasion of the Bay Of Pigs was not an official U. S. government action, although there were elements of the government who were aware of the invasion, and had helped to prepare for it. During the early part of the 20th century, a great deal of money was invested in Cuba by U. S. interests, including Mafia families. Hotels, casinos, resorts, plantations, and other infrastructure was built to make Cuba a tourists paradise. However, the native people of Cuba were not allowed to reap the rewards of this investment, instead being treated nearly as slaves. This created a political environment that was ripe for revolution, and, in 1959, Fidel Castro led a popular revolt that threw out the American installed government led by Fulgencio Batista. Many Cubans with ties to the United States fled their homeland at that time, emigrating en masse to Florida. A group of Cubans who wanted to remove Castro from power approached the U. S. government seeking military intervention in Cuba, but could not find high officials willing to go against what had been a very popular uprising. However, certain members of the military were able to channel arms and other military equipment to a band of Cubans who also received the benefit of training by military personel. This private army went ashore at the Bay Of Pigs, only to encounter much stiffer resistance than they had anticipated. They contacted their friends in the American government, and requested that the American military launch airstrikes against the revolutionaries. This request was the first thing that President John F. Kennedy had heard of the counter-revoltution, and he denied the request. The counter-revolutionaries were soundly defeated, which they blamed entirely upon President Kennedy. There are those who believe that Kennedy's refusal to support the invasion was partially to blame for his assination, but there is no proof of this.

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Should JFK have invaded the bay of pigs?

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