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