Fiasco Between Cuba And The United States During The Cold War

During the cold war the United States wanted to abolish communism. They hated the Soviet Union even though they were allies in the previous world war. The Soviet Union got involved with Cuba and it started the whole fiasco between Cuba and the US. The US almost went to war with Russia because of this showing how they were willing to start World War III. This Fiasco demonstrates how quickly a problem can arise and lead to a natural disaster and how two super powers who do not want to show weakness will do anything to stay powerful. Before Cuba became allies with the Soviet Union they were associated with the Americans. Fidel Castro the current leader of Cuba came in and overthrew the previous leader and started to do what he believed was right. Thousands of Cubans left when he came into powers, but many stayed because they had the same views as Castro. He sided with the Soviet Union and took the economic resources they offered. The US saw this as a threat. This allowed the Soviet Union to be associated with someone close to the United States. Communism grew all over Eastern Europe and the United States did not want it to start migrating towards them. They knew Communism was not good for the people and was prone to failure. The alliance between the two could be seen as a problem
The CIA assembled refugees from Cuba who left when Castro took over. They gave them weapons to go invade Cuba, but this invasion was indeed a failure. This mission could be seen as a failure through the eyes of the American people because the soldiers were arrested, it made the US look weak by not doing anything or sending back up; this failed mission made the United States look like fools and the Cubans who fought felt betrayed. The United States had to come up with a new strategic plan in order to not start a conflict. This conflict only started to build on the tension between the United States and the Soviet