The truth and bare facts about the Bay of Pigs

[Scott Kaiser]

Five days before D-Day, at a press conference on April 12, Kennedy was asked how far the U.S. would go to help an uprising against Castro. "First," he answered, "I want to say that there will not be, under any conditions, an intervention in Cuba by the United States Armed Forces. This government will do everything it possibly can… I think it can meet its responsibilities, to make sure that there are no Americans involved in any actions inside Cuba… The basic issue in Cuba is not one between the United States and Cuba. It is between the Cubans themselves."

Again, the Brigade was on their own to fend for themselves.

Kennedy says, "I want to say that there will not be, under any conditions, an intervention in Cuba by the United States Armed Forces."

But! Wasn't there a few AMERICAN pilots shot down from Castro's forces? Things that make you go Hmmm?