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Have I been in a coma? I can't remember ever hearing word one about this captive pilot.

At the time LCDR Speicher was shot down, the evidence indicated that his aircraft had taken a frontal aspect direct hit with a very powerful missile warhead. All present, including the guy's squadron CO, had determined that he didn't make it out of the aircraft.

It wasn't until the POW/MIA hucksters realized that the Vietnam POW/MIA issue had officially cratered that this guy suddenly became a "potential MIA." Scott Barnes (author of BOHICA and fake Vietnam vet outed by B. G. Burkett in Stolen Valor) was one of the first to grab onto this case--IIRC, the ONLY Gulf War case where we didn't have a body in hand (the area where Speicher's aircraft went in was extremely remote).

He didn't turn into an MIA until Bubba Clinton decided to stick it to Dubya three days before his inauguration.

I can't believe we didn't insist on his return before our tanks left the desert.

Think this thing through: the evidence at hand in 1991 indicated that he hadn't gotten out (no evasion prior to missile impact, no rescue beacon afterwards). We had no idea he wasn't KIA.

The "new evidence" sounds good, until you start looking for details--and then it's obvious that it's BS made up by people who don't know how technology really works.

NAtional Review Online has an article by Cdr. Stumpf detailing the situation.

The author knows quite a bit more then myself about the particulars of this situation.

Also, given the importance of the issue, dont you think you should just have a little bit of faith and sign the petition?

"At the time LCDR Speicher was shot down, the evidence indicated that his aircraft had taken a frontal aspect direct hit with a very powerful missile warhead. All present, including the guy's squadron CO, had determined that he didn't make it out of the aircraft. "

While that may be true, when they FINALLY located the wreckage of his plane, the canopy was a mile away and appeared to have functioned properly in an ejection. The initial reports also claimed that the plane was "blown to bits" in midair, but was found to be largely intact in the ground at the crash site. It's worth a look...and worth the attention of our government. HE is worth it, dead or alive. (Which reminds me, if they had his remains...why did they even TRY sending remains from Iraq that were later tested and proven to NOT be his?)

The "new evidence" sounds good, until you start looking for details--and then it's obvious that it's BS made up by people who don't know how technology really works.

Oh no...not again. Everybody quit! Abandon all hope all ye who enter into a discussion here.

Just listen to the little girl tonight on the radio...okay...listen!

Happy Palm Sunday Marine!