I can't remember this episode resonating much over here but I think I do remember that this came across (at least in our media) as essentially a 'black-op' with deniability with little or no overt support from the administration of the day. It was only later, via Cuban emigres, that the whole story of 'betrayal' came out.
I don't also believe that BOP damaged Kennedy's rep too much over here either, but it certainly wasn't his finest hour, in hindsight.
I liked the guy, but the family (Jack Snr) was not a favourite in the UK after announcing that 'Britain was finished' after a few bombs fell on London in WWII and woke him up. I guess it was the Irish connection that motivated him towards Anglo-phobia and also that dullard Edward a little later in life.
I don't also believe that BOP damaged Kennedy's rep too much over here either, but it certainly wasn't his finest hour, in hindsight.
I liked the guy, but the family (Jack Snr) was not a favourite in the UK after announcing that 'Britain was finished' after a few bombs fell on London in WWII and woke him up. I guess it was the Irish connection that motivated him towards Anglo-phobia and also that dullard Edward a little later in life.