Bay of Pigs was a fiasco because Kennedy said he had a plan to invade Cuba. Kennedy said this during the Nixon debate. It was Nixon’s confidential plan. Kennedy was kept informed about it because he was a Presidential candidate. JFK stole the plan as his own. This put Cuba on alert. Kennedy cost lives, just because he wanted to sound strong on foreign affairs. Nixon of course kept it quiet. Nixon got burned by the Democrats. Which is why he was so paranoid in 1972.