Showdown… today??

On Easter Monday, just as your (pious?) Eyewitness was about to step outside to take a gander on whether the young’uns were observing Easter by flying their kites he read the following post by President Trump on his Truth social media: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the F*****’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell. Just watch. Praise be to Allah.” All he could do was exclaim in amazement “What the heck!!??” Well, it was another word than “heck” …but this being a family newspaper and all….
Now today (Tuesday) is the deadline the President had given the Iranians for lifting their blockade of the Straits of Hormuz – which was having a calamitous ripple effect on the global economy – and MAGA goals!! But your Eyewitness thinks the expletive-laden outburst – unique in the history of presidential announcements – came out of his frustration (to put it mildly) over events following the Iranian downing of a US F-15 Fighter jet in southwestern Iran last Friday. We know the first casualty of war is the “truth” – to give the utterer the advantage – so we gotta take announcements from both sides with more than a grain of salt!!
The US line is that the pilot and his WSO – (Weapons Systems Officer) had ejected and had to be rescued – which would mean inserting rescuers into Iran – on the ground!! But it’s from here the stories get rather contradictory, to say the least. The govt friendly Fox News said “The pilot was quickly rescued by the Combat Search and Rescue (i.e., CSAR) and the specialized Black Hawks) helicopters ferrying him back to safety were hit, but managed to make it to Kuwait — despite trailing visible black smoke… An A10 Warthog that crashed Friday was involved in providing cover for the rescue teams searching for the pilot” The story gets murkier on how the WSO – who’d moved five miles away into mountainous ground – was rescued. Part of the confusion centers on since he was just miles from where the Iranians are thought to be storing their enriched uranium at Isfahan – whether this was a “Boots on the ground” mission to exfiltrate the uranium!!
The bottom line is that two of the huge transport MC-130 planes carrying two AH-6 Little Bird rescue helicopters landed in an old airstrip but got stuck and had to be destroyed. The Iranians claim they blew them out of the sky!! A De Havilland Canada Dash 8 was now sent in but couldn’t bring back the helicopters and these had to be destroyed! The Iranians say the Little Bird helicopters were destroyed when they shot down the MC-130s!!
So, what’s on today’s agenda??

…of kites
So, your Eyewitness eventually did go outside to observe the kites flying – and was pleased that the Big Guy had held off with the downpours that has folks thinking of Noah and his Ark!! Now if you were to tell someone in the States to “Go fly a kite!” he wouldn’t be so pleased!! In fact, he’d be downright insulted. What you’ve told him was to leave – basically you didn’t want him around – mostly cause he’s irritating or annoying the hell out of you!!
Anyhow while we have a different take on kite-flying, today most Guyanese are either going out to “fly a kite” or telling their kids to do so!! And in the latter case some parents ARE telling the kids to get out of their hair!! So dear reader did you ever wonder why we’re the only country in the world to fly kites at Easter other than Bermuda – that also has a British heritage.
This should be researched – and romanced! – to become the basis for us promoting our dear Mudland and lure in those tourists!!

…on Generals
Seems Secty of War Pete Hegseth has fired as many US generals as Iran lost through bombings!!
Equalising the playing field??