They weren't just "abandoned" the first time.
They were knowingly sent into a situation made hopeless by the Kennedy adminstration's gutting of the Eisenhower invasion plan.
There was no air support, and the whole works had been leaked in the press. Amateur hour at the White House is nothing new.
What Really Happened at the Bay of Pigs
Townhall.com ^ | April 19, 2014 | Humberto Fontova
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3146257/posts
(You always hear and read of a “fiasco,” a “defeat” a “disaster” at the Bay of Pigs, 53 years ago this week. But you rarely hear about the cause. Here it is.)
“They fought like tigers,” writes the CIA officer who helped train the Cubans who splashed ashore at the Bay of Pigs 53 years ago this week. “But their fight was doomed before the first man hit the beach.”