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Old 05-12-2016, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by icenine View Post
Kennedy had completely botched the Bay of Pigs, thinking that a small force of anti-Castro Cubans could invade an 800 mile long island and topple Castro. So Kruschev sort of thought him naive and could be easily pushed around. Kennedy rose to the occasion however and got the missile launchers taken out.
Kennedy inherited the Bay of Pigs Invasion from Ike. The plans were set before he was sworn in.
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