Remembering Entebbe

Townhall.com ^ | July 4, 2016 | Jonathan Feldstein

[Tax-chick]

If you've never heard of Entebbe you've probably never heard of what makes Entebbe famous, or why that matters.

Awful intro.

[JBW1949]

Well, my guess there are some FReepers here who weren’t born yet...

I have always thought the US should use the Israeli rescue operation as a planning tool for our forces...

The atrocious plan of Jimmah Carter’s botched rescue of the Tehran hostages brings this home...Many have said that Carter should’ve asked for Israeli help in that operation...

[Tax-chick]

there are some FReepers here who weren’t born yet

Of course, but the sentence is still garble.

the US should use the Israeli rescue operation as a planning tool

I agree.

[JBW1949]

That is true...It wasn’t written very well...

[left that other site]

I remember it.

At the time, Americans cheered the Israelis, and made movies and TV Specials about the raid.

How far we have fallen.

[looois]

“Raid on Entebbe.” Great movie account. Charles Bronson, James Wood.

[Mears]

“Charles Bronson, James Wood.”

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Can’t go wrong right there.

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[DFG]

“Raid on Entebbe” is on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kh4S_6z0ss

[Tax-chick]

There’s a book about the operation written by Iddo Netanyahu, the brother of Jonathan and Bibi.

[JBW1949]

Thanks...I’ll look it up...(I had just left the military a couple years before this happened and I was cheering at the TV when it all went down)....

[Tax-chick]

[JBW1949]

Thank you...

[Kid Shelleen]

A significant but often over looked historical fact is that the Palestinians were aided by the German radical leftist gang Baader-Meinhof Gang. Entebbe foreshadowed the unholy alliance between radical Islam and leftists.

[Tax-chick]

You’re welcome. I just got it off the shelf for reading later today.

[Finatic]

I remember watching the TV movie when I was a youngster. The Israeli task force was extremely brave.

[Nip]

It may be an awful introduction but it is EXTREMELY accurate.

When it was executed American Special Operations was on the trash heap after the end of Vietnam. Luckily the stars aligned just right and American Special Operations was rescued.

Entebbe was copied by America and remained the benchmark for us for nearly 15 years, Within the community you knew you had arrived when you started participating in the regular Entebbe re enactments.

Anyone who claims that the failed Iranian Hostage Rescue attempt in April 1980 doesn’t know the real history of what happened.

Me? I was there when we started copying the Israeli mission, including all political considerations, in July 1976 and remained part of the “A” team until my retirement in 1990.

[JBW1949]

“...Anyone who claims that the failed Iranian Hostage Rescue attempt in April 1980 doesn’t know the real history of what happened...”

It failed...That is a given....

[JBW1949]

Of course, people who weren’t involved with the failed rescue attempt do not know the whole story...Only what was reported...

[Safetgiver]

Me? I was there when we started copying the Israeli mission,...So why didn’t you tell Carter not to use helicopters from each branch of the service (which weren’t intended for that type of mission)who never trained together and never should have been considered in the first place?