This is a case of both options being correct at the same time. Wouldn't shock me to find they DID target him, and as for the second...

Always have been honored to say I share my birthday with one one the loveliest people on the planet. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK!

Thanks. Had forgotten the actual publication date. Hadn't read the book in decades.

I know it was never mentioned in the story but I think the actual year Gatsby is supposed to be IS 1928.

I am so wondering if it's really dipshit doing this or that he is so far sundowning that his handlers are giving him this to keep him occupied so they can do the real damage. You know, we're watching him and he doesn't know what's going on so the real coup can take place.

We get hundreds of aircraft here for Derby as part of the Festival. Troop carrier helicopters here are just for show. In the last hour alone there have been 5.

I have seen multiple (20ish) open helicopter movements of troops in the last several days. I am not in Portland or Chicago or LA. I'm in Louisville. We have an Air Guard base at the Airport and it is about 40 miles from Ft Knox. I see all of the air movement all the time. I have never seen this

Sounds about right.

I think of it like this, kidnapping is done with the purpose of targeting a person for extortion of their family or government. Disappearing is more like trophy hunting, the target is not meant to survive and is used to terrorize those left behind.