Remember how the CIA launched the 1961 revolt against that Cuban Commie-Rat Castro and then Kennedy withheld the air support he told them they would have?
"In 1961 a U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba in April 1961, aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro’s government failed. The operation, orchestrated by the CIA and involving approximately 1,400 Cuban exiles, landed at the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), a remote, swampy area on Cuba’s southern coast. The invasion began on April 17, 1961, but quickly collapsed due to lack of promised U.S. air and naval support, poor intelligence, and the loss of surprise. Over 1,100 freedom fighters were captured, and the failure became a major embarrassment for the Kennedy administration, promised air support, significantly escalating Cold War tensions and pushing Cuba closer to the Soviet Union, ultimately contributing to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Operation Name: Operation Zapata (also known as Operation Pluto)
Key Participants: CIA, Brigade 2506 (Cuban exiles), Fidel Castro’s forces
Outcome: Complete failure; invasion force defeated within two days
Aftermath: U.S. faced diplomatic fallout; led to new covert efforts like Operation Mongoose; Castro consolidated power and declared Cuba a socialist state."