WI : Entebbe rescue operation failed or led to regional conflict in 1976?

In 1976, an Air France airplane carrying 250 passengers to Paris from Tel Aviv was hijacked by terrorists. The Israeli mission to rescue them, known as Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt. Israel’s government, led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, launched a secret mission to rescue the hostages without engaging in negotiation. The rescue mission was pulled off successfully, with all but four of the passengers surviving.

The myth is that the mission was amazingly, brilliantly planned and perfectly executed by the special forces. But in fact, the mission almost failed with the decision to shoot at the Ugandan guards as the Israeli rescue team was approaching the building. Prior to this decision, one of the planes almost crashed, while landing at the airport.

The raid was successfully conducted thanks to one of the freed hostage, a french soldier of jewish origins who had a hypermnesic memory. He was able to provide precious informations on the terrorists, the building and their weapons.

What if this daring raid failed or led to a war between Kenya and Uganda?
 
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In 1976, an Air France airplane carrying 250 passengers to Paris from Tel Aviv was hijacked by terrorists. The Israeli mission to rescue them, known as Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt. Israel’s government, led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, launched a secret mission to rescue the hostages without engaging in negotiation. The rescue mission was pulled off successfully, with all but four of the passengers surviving.

The myth is that the mission was amazingly, brilliantly planned and perfectly executed by the special forces. But in fact, the mission almost failed with the decision to shoot at the Ugandan guards as the Israeli rescue team was approaching the building. Prior to this decision, one of the planes almost crashed, while landing at the airport.

The raid was successfully conducted thanks to one of the freed hostage, a french soldier of jewish origins who had a hypermnesic memory. He was able to provide precious informations on the terrorists, the building and their weapons.

What if this daring raid failed or led to a war between Kenya and Uganda?
I the world of high stakes hostage rescue that IS an amazing success. Luck is just part of it. I don't know much about Kenya but Uganda's awful performance in 1979 lets me think that Kenya would win if they have even a shred of competence. Tanzania Has been beefing with Uganda at this point so they might jump in too.
 
Jomo Kennyata A trained, sane, guerrilla warrior turned counterinsurgent vs a delusional thug with an army falling apart, no contest.
 
Not sure about the Uganda war side of things. On the public perception side of things a bad result at Entebbe probably detracts from the common belief in cool, hyper competent Special Forces in general and Israeli ones in particular. (The whole "Israel doesn't negotiate with hijackers but send's it's cool special forces to shoot them take's a knock as well).


Sadly there is in general public perception terms Special forces tend to get associated with the first jobs they come to public prominence* in (hence the SAS being these cool looking blokes in black rappling down the Iranian embassy advertising H&K and home in time for drinks with the PM, while the poor old Delta force were the chaps who crashed in Acid Gambit and Eagle Claw**



*unfair since by definition a lot of SF stuff is not public, and successes are often celebrated in Private but failures are hung out for all to see

**not their fault and Acid Gambit achieved its ends of course, but it still took them time to shed the public perception (not that I think the men themselves cared too much for what Joe Pubic erroneously thought)!
 
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