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
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