For the Return of Commander Michael Scott Speicher, Day 4,100

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.

**Statistics**

Date	Day	Signatures	Average	Total

4/7/2002	23	16	133	3047

4/6/2002	22	32	138	3030

4/5/2002	21	29	143	2997

4/4/2002	20	9	148	2967

4/3/2002	19	26	156	2957

4/2/2002	18	33	163	2930

4/1/2002	17	47	170	2896

3/31/2002	16	36	178	2848

3/30/2002	15	82	187	2811

3/29/2002	14	62	195	2728

3/28/2002	13	78	205	2665

3/27/2002	12	136	216	2586

3/26/2002	11	207	223	2449

3/25/2002	10	395	224	2241

3/24/02	9	284	205	1845

3/23/02	8	120	195	1560

3/22/02	7	77	205	1440

3/21/02	6	163	227	1363

3/20/02	5	296	240	1200

3/19/02	4	286	226	904

3/18/02	3	485	206	618

3/17/02	2	132	66.5	133

3/16/02	1	1	1	1

That's 11 years, 2 Months and 21 days....

Some of the Comments from the Petition:

My mission will continue until Lt. Cmdr. Speicher is brought back to the USA where he belongs! *** ASAP***Our country cannot let LCDR Speicher down*** We must bring home all of our missing and captive soldiers from all wars*** Lets bring back ALL of our POW/Mia's***God Bless***WE NEED TO BRING LT.CMDR SPEICHER HOME...NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*** Get him home!!! Or we'll go get him!!!*** Leave no man behind, ever again!*** Bring all our boys home!*** Get Cmdr. Speicher Home on US Land NOW***I, as an officer of Rolling Thunder Inc. Chapter 5 Pa feel that our government has let us down again. Please write to your Senators and demand that we get our brother back home ASAP*** It is far passed the time to do what's right and that is lets get our POWS home***I believe it is the responsibility of the US government to bring all servicemen home*** I hope the elected money grabbers do something this time. To many have been lost because the government thinks all military personnel are expendable. Good going Nikki!!!!*** Do not fail, do not falter, do not tire...*** I hear all kinds of claims that "we don't leave anyone behind". What happened with Lt. Cmdr. Speicher? Did we just get tired and say "we'll be back”? We are still digging by hand to recover our MIA's in New York, let's get back into Iraq...NOW !!*** Semper Fi*** Leave no one behind , bring him home*** Our troops have been abandoned and forgotten for far far too long. It's time to BRING THEM HOME. And Lt. CDR Speicher certainly deserves to live and reside in peace in the land of the free he fought for. THEY DEFENDED US SO WE NOW SHOULD DEFEND THEM!!!! How can we abide by them being left behind??? DO SOMETHING NOW!!! If we the most powerful nation on earth abide by this behavior then we too should be the most ashamed. Our freedom, our liberties, our lives are on the line. Our military forces never hesitate to stand in our defense. Yet do as a supposedly grateful nation stand by them? Do we go in harm's way? No we're sheltered by them. Do we endure what our POW/MIA do? No we're sheltered by them. They've taken our place. They've paid our price. Now we DO OWE THEM. The very utter least we do is firmly demand their return.*** It is far passed the time to do what's right and that is lets get our POWS home.*** Set him free*** Please bring him home, Mr. President*** Lets bring him home (now).**** Another American knowingly left behind. How sad for a country such as ours to do so and to continually ignore the strong possibility that Lt. Cmdr. Michael Speicher is still alive waiting to come home. One must wonder how many more our government has knowingly left behind in the Vietnam War*** One of these day America's finest are going to get the idea that the individual is not important, and quit volunteering. This will not be due to their peers, but the government of our country*** If we have to, WE GO IN AND GET HIM!!!!*** Bring them all home from every war...soldiers are NOT expendable!!!!*** Please return Lt. Cmdr. Speicher*** He should never have been left behind, let's right the previous wrong now***A shame that we did not learn our lesson with previous wars such as Korea and Vietnam and that as a country we can still leave our men and women behind without a thought. Unspeakable. Bring this man home NOW and give him the hero's welcome he so deserves.*** Bring him home*** Good luck*** Good luck!!!!*** Bring Him Home!*** Find him and bring him home!*** Leave no one behind!*** Bring Him Home!!!!*** Don't let the same thing happened as did Vietnam. Bring him back...*** We've left enough behind in Korea and Viet Nam and I hope we don't intend to do the same in the middle east*** Bring him home*** PLEASE bring the Lt. Cmdr. back home where he belongs- do not have a repeat of Vietnam!*** Love in Christ*** GET HIM BACK NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*** PLEASE HELP*** Bring Michael Scott Speicher home NOW!*** Please bring this American soldier home so that he and his family may have some closure to this nightmare...Thank Sincerely, Christie*** Please Lets Bring this Man home too his family*** BRING HIM HOME ALIVE*** BRING HIM HOME ALIVE*** BRING HIM HOME ALIVE*** BRING HIM HOME ALIVE*** To many generations of wars have passed where the government sweeps the men/women left behind under the carpet. It's time to stop treating our military personnel as expendable baggage for their lack of desire to part with a dollar. The government sends them off, they damned sure can bring them back. Grant you if it were one of their own they would be brought back in a heart beat!*** BRING HIM HOME NOW*** BRING HIM HOME*** General Moore said "I will leave no man behind!" What has happened to us over the past 37 years?*** Daughter, Wife, & Mother of veterans*** Widow of USAF in service death; my son wounded in Vietnam and his daughter Honorable Discharge USMC

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