The Vulture
Banned
Title. What might cause the Bay of Pigs Invasion to be canceled at the last minute?
A surgical strike by highly trained Communist Cuban sabotuers destroys the US capability to mount the invasion whilst the ships are in port and the aircraft lined up on the runway. They leave evidence to suggest it was the Belgians.
A surgical strike by highly trained Communist Cuban sabotuers destroys the US capability to mount the invasion whilst the ships are in port and the aircraft lined up on the runway. They leave evidence to suggest it was the Belgians.
All those fine chocolates, Tintin books and bottles of Chimay are going to convince the CIA's finest no problem.
If someone realizes "WTF were we thinking, this is almost as bad as the Unmentionable Sea Mammal?"There's a reason Ike didn't do it- because he knows it's militarily ASB without a politically unsustainable level of support. Even Nixon winning (if the Mayor and LBJ are less successful) does not necessarily butterfly it. Or JFK listens to Rusk, Bundy or the two five-stars, MacArthur and Ike. All of them opposed it IOTL.
If I remember correctly, the Bay of Pigs was a hold-over from th previous administration.