The Bays of Pigs Invasion :: Cuba Politics

The talks of Pigs Invasion The mouth of Pigs was one of the most important political decisions in the history of the unite States. Its effects are still being felt to today, especially in the Cuban communities of the unite States. The decisions that were made by the highest offices of our government showed us that the United States was, and is, far from perfect. They constructed a plan that wasnt completely thought through and paying a major price -- global embarrassment. They took the chance to destroy the communist threat that was quite close to our shores and, in the process, made the CIA and our government count incompetent.First, I will give some spineground information on the conflict. In 1960, President Eisenhower gave the CIA the order to begin training Cuban exiles to belie Castros rule in Cuba and having them lead resistance groups within Cuba. Therefore, we would have a force already in the country to slow down Cuban Forces when our invaders landed. It didnt quite work out this way. When the American troops landed on April 19, 1961, they made it only a little way inland. At that point, they were met by a force much greater than they had planned on. We figured that the Cuban race were upset with Castro so they wouldnt want to give much of a fight. What happened was that the military fought with great pride for their country and pushed the American troops back to the landing site. There, the forces either surrendered or fled to safety. 1500 troops landed on the coast. oer 100 of them were killed and many more were captured. In many ninds, the invasion was a complete failure for the American military.The main reason, and possibly the lone reason, for the Bay of Pigs invasion was to stop socialism from reaching our country. This meant that the United States government wanted to provoke a counterrevolution in which democracy would be restored and all traces of communism would, subsequently, be destroyed. They tried this by sending the aforementi oned group of Cubans into Cuba, an ostensibly unsuccessful tactic. They also decided to spend thousands of dollars on propaganda against Cuba. Articles, posters, and even preposterous books were written and distributed to spread cynicism towards Castro and his government. The other method used to spread propaganda was to drool over 1 million flyers over Cuba, hopefully convincing the people to rise up against Castro.