Earlier Cuban deployment to Ethiopia

Could Castro decide to deploy troops to aid the Derg before late 1977


I imagine Cuban forces would discourage the Somalia from invading so would Somalia still move to the American camp without the Odagen war

What would be the impact of an earlier Cuban deployment
 
There were some Cuban advisors in the country but I doubt there’d be any military deployment on the level of the one in 1978.

I don’t think there’d be an Ogaden War if there were Cuban troops in Ethiopia which probably means growing Soviet support for Ethiopia and Somalia shifting to a more pro-Western stance as you note.
 
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