The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of
             Pigs, which is located on the south coast of Cuba about 97
             miles southeast of Havanna, was one of mismanagement, poor
             judgment, and stupidity ("Bay of Pigs" 378). The blame
             for the failed invasion falls directly on the CIA (Central
             Intelligence Agency) and a young president by the name of
             John F. Kennedy. The whole intention of the invasion was to
             assault communist Cuba and put an end to Fidel Castro.
             Ironically, thirty-nine years after the Bay of Pigs, Fidel
             Castro is still in power. First, it is necessary to look at
             why the invasion happened and then why it did not work.
             From the end of World War II until the mid-eighties,
             most Americans could agree that communism was the enemy.
             Communism wanted to destroy our way of life and corrupt the
             freest country in the world. Communism is an economic
             system in which one person or a group of people are in
             control. The main purpose of communism is to make the
             social and economic status of all individuals the same. It
             abolishes the inequalities in possession of property and
             distributes wealth equally to all. The main problem with
             this is that one person who is very wealthy can be stripped
             of most of his wealth so that another person can have more
             The main reason for the Bay of Pigs attack on Cuba was
             the change to communism. On January 1, 1959, Cuban dictator
             Fulgencio Batista fled the country for the safety of the
             Dominican Republic (Goode, Stephen 75). Fidel Castro and
             his guerrilla warriors overthrew the old government dictated
             by Batista. During the next couple of weeks, Castro
             established a new government and on February 16, he was
             officially declared premier (Finkelstein, Norman H. 127).
             The United States accepted this new regime as a relief from
             the harsh, corrupt, and unpopular government of Batista.
             Soon after everything settled down, Castro a...