First of all, the decisions to setup a quarantine to prevent any offensive weapons reaching cuba did not the problem but byed time to come up wit a better solution. Kennedy was given many options that would further protect his country but choose with option 3 that could possibly makhsoom into World …show more content…
War Three.
Furthermore, the decision to invade Cuba, known as the Bay of Pigs was a distature that cost many american lives.
America wanted to overthrow Castro because he was communist and aligned himself with the soviet union inventing bombs to destroy America. The invasion failed because the fighters given enough support that would provide them with help that would win them the battle. The american fighters has a clear disadvantage despite being much bigger and stronger than cuba. The U.S. took time to train their fighters but somehow lost the battle in a span of 72 hours. Expressing American was not strong enough to overthrow a small island country turned America into even more of a target, regarding the hydrogen
bomb.
Even though the Quarantine had many risks. It gave America time to come up with a solution. A keratin would be less provoking and would decrease the chance of things escalating into a nuclear exchange such as other options. America's strongest forces would be battlesing at sea and Kennedy kept that in since they would be battling the weakest branch of the soviet military. President Kennedy wanted what was best for his country and had to do whatever it took to avoid the United States from being completely destroyed.
In conclusion, the loss that was caused by the two atomic bombs in world war to doesn't even measure up to the amount of damage the hydrogen bomb would cause. The Quarantine was a smart way to keep the country intact buying him time. However, the Bay of Pigs showed the United States weakness that tarnished Kennedy's reputation. Kendy faces life threatening decisions that he had to fix as soon as he could.