07-04-2016, 06:44 PM
Kennedy made it specifically clear there would be no American intervention with Cuba. Twelve A4D-2 Skyhawks had been loaded aboard the aircraft carrier Essex, they were armed with 20 mm cannons and flew missions over Cuba prior to the Bay of Pigs landing, during a fly by over Cuba, Castro's army had successfully shot down a Skyhawk, only eleven planes made it back to the carrier. The crew was sworn to secrecy. They were to provide air cover for the B-26s, but arrived an hour late. The Bay of Pigs had become Kennedy's disaster.
Imagine had the Brigade 2506 discovered Fidel Castro shot-down an A4D-2 Skyhawk, wouldn't that have been just cause for war against Cuba, and Kennedy would have then been faced with sending in American military?
Why did everyone deem Kennedy to be soft on communism? Was it because had Kennedy invaded Cuba he feared what Russia would do in way of retaliation? Or, did certain elements within the brigade already know about the shooting down of the A4D-2 Skyhawk, and because Kennedy elected not to intervene, they, [took out Kennedy.]
Imagine had the Brigade 2506 discovered Fidel Castro shot-down an A4D-2 Skyhawk, wouldn't that have been just cause for war against Cuba, and Kennedy would have then been faced with sending in American military?
Why did everyone deem Kennedy to be soft on communism? Was it because had Kennedy invaded Cuba he feared what Russia would do in way of retaliation? Or, did certain elements within the brigade already know about the shooting down of the A4D-2 Skyhawk, and because Kennedy elected not to intervene, they, [took out Kennedy.]