Intro Kennedy

Cuban Exiles captured after the Bay of Pigs invasion failed.

We'll pick up in 1962, just after you botched the Bay of Pigs invasion. Your hesitation and ultimate reluctance to send in air support to the invasion force, air support you had initially promised them, doomed their mission and allowed Castro to keep control. Good going!

As a result, you have been heavily criticized by high ranking officials around the world for your lack of aggression. One of the most stinging critiques has come from your predecessor, former President Eisenhower, who stated, "the failure at the Bay of Pigs will embolden the Soviets to do something that they would otherwise not do."

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