For the Return of Commander Michael Scott Speicher

Petition On Line ^ | March 18, 2002 | Nikki Mendicino

[Slam]

To: Government of the United States of America

WE, the undersigned have freely set our hand to this petition on the date stated to demand that the government and officials of the United States of America return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher from the country of Iraq where his is possibly being held as a POW/MIA.

THEREFORE, we understand that certain intelligence agencies of the United States has received information that Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is alive and being held captive by foreign officials.

FURTHERMORE, we demand that every resource and tactic, that may be deemed necessary and relative, be implemented and enforced until Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is returned to the United States, be it alive or deceased.

FURTHER RESOLVED, we expect that the officials and government of our country will not tire, will not falter and will not fail in returning Lt. Cmdr. Speicher to the United States of America, where he belongs.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

To Do Something, One little thing

A little light background reading before you get off your hind ends and do something...Compliments of the Virgina Pilot:

Slide Show - What Happened to Scott Speicher?

Scott Speicher Dead or Alive

Part 2 Presumed Dead

Part 3 A Test of Honor

Part 4 Returning to Iraq

Part 5 Hope Reawakens

Part 6 Missing in Action

MIA Pilot may be alive Held in Iraqi Jail

Intelligence Community Assessment of the LCDR Speicher case

Iraqi Response to the questions about the fate LCDR Michael Speicher

And our own Free Republic March 19, 2002:

National Review Online: Scott Speicher, Prisoner of War, Commander Robert Stumpf USN (ret)

[Slam]

...Unless all the passion, all the dialogue, over the years is a lot of hot air and smoking mirrors....?

How would you feel sitting in a secret isolated cell..alone...forgotten...deserted by your country...your brothers, the very citizens whom you swore to defend?

This is a comrade. A man who was willing to sacrafice everything (maybe already has) for us. No one is certain if he is alive or not? If he is though...he needs to be home NOW....and at the least our Government should turn over heaven and hell to find out what happened! A full accounting is mandatory....lest WE completely let Scott down.

There is no more single important issue to Veterans and their affairs, to Warriors of all generations THAN Scott Speicher...because this strikes at the heart of what the United States and her Citizens really think about their Honor, Courage and Committment....their freedom. And the message to the young men and women, in the ranks, you sons, daughters, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, loved ones, friends is what?...what if it was them? Well it is and WILL be in the future.

Do something instead of dialogue. You don't need to sign the petition (but what would 5 million signatures accomplish? 10? 20?)...Just be an American and act. Call everyone you know. Call, email, fax every politician you know from city to federal; every press person, everyone! Keep this alive....

Scott Speicher will be accounted for ONLY if we are accountable to him...and my God in Heaven, he has been more than accountable to us!!

Apathy or United we stand?

Words or deeds?

We shall see and

Scott will know.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"I have seen firsthand how ready and willing the policy people are to sacrifice or abandon anyone who might be perceived as a political liability. It is quick and facile, and can be easily covered. I feel strongly that this issue is being manipulated and controlled at a higher level, not with the goal of resolving it, but more to obfuscate the question of live prisoners, and give the illusion of progress through hyperactivity.",
from the resignation of
Colonel Millard A. Peck, Chief of the Special Office for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action,
February 19, 1991.

There are things we as FReepers can do to help our POW/MIA's
Please see what you can do to help.
POW/MIA Awareness Campaigns-Get Involved

POW/MIA Web Ring List of sites.

[Arioch7]

Thanks man!

I have already read Commander "Spine-Ripper" Stumpf's excellant article in The National Review and I appreciate this getting the FreeRepublics attention.

I dont know about the rest of the Squadron but you have this member of VFA-83 thanks!

VFA-81 was my sister squadron and I am shocked to have heard about this. I always assumed that he was dead.

After reading Cdr. Stumpf's piece in the NR, I must say that I am a little bit angry at how the Gov. has acted.

Thanks again for the post! Good on ya'!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[d4now]

Sign the Petition Bump!

[harpseal]

Signed and bumped.

Stay well - stay saf e- Stay armed - Yorktown

[Slam]

You bet. Thank you for antying in. Will ensure Mr. Ripper sees your response.

Don't always like what the press does and how it does it, but a lot of the credit goes to them on this one...they have helped significantly to keep this "alive." Read the Virginia Pilot series and if it doesn't make your blood boil...nothing will.

Please pass this along.

Semper Fidelis

[Slam]

mucho arrigato!

[backhoe]

I can at least bump this- ISP's been down since last night, and I'm trying to catch up!

I have signed the petition--

[kinganamort]

bump and ping

[OldFriend]

There is no doubt that this pilot was captured alive. Iraq also has hundreds of Kuwaiti citizens in captivity and there is no reason to believe this man isn't among them. The question is whether he remains alive to this day.

[summer]

Thanks for the flag!

[summer]

bttt

[Victoria Delsoul]

[Nix 2]

Done, with pride. Bring him home.
BTTT

[Slam]

The question is whether he remains alive to this day?

...and will our government do what is necessary to find out?

...and will we (enough of us) as citizens ban together and demand that they do?

The Iraquis are betting that the "moral will" of the majority of Americans will not.

[Slam]

"An armed society is a polite society."

Who said that?

[PhilDragoo]

Name City/State Zip Date Comments
1077. Phil Dragoo Santa Fe, NM 87507 3-20-02
Return Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher now--if it means running an A-1 Abrams over Saddam's face to do it.

[KLT]

Done, my friend and hero....Hope all is well...