The Man Bush Left Behind

The N.Y. Times did an interesting report on the
only MIA the U.S. govt. admits to, from the Gulf War.

Lt. Cmdr Michael Speicher was flying a mission over Iraq.
He wound up as the 1st American shot down.

No search effort was made, and apparently his beacon did not work.

We didn't have enough satellites to look for him, because
we were looking for SCUDS to keep Israel happy.

A few yrs. later a desert hunter came across the wreckage.
He somehow managed to alert U.S. authorities.

They redirected a satellite to the area.
(Yes. You would think one would always be in position.)

The satellite picked up a man-made symbol
in the area of the empty ejection seat.

Many officers who knew about it wanted to send in a special ops mission.

They even drafted plans.

Unfortunately in Dec. 1994, Shali' didn't authorize it.

He claimed it was too dangerous and he didn't want to write a
mother, to tell her that her kid got killed "looking for old bones."
(Oh! But, he had no problem writing letters over Kuwaiti oil.)

Assistant deputy sec. of defense for special operations,
Timothy Conelly claimed there was no major risk.

America had complete control of the air, and the
site was far remover from Iraqi troop concentrations.

The Times came up w/ the story, after it was leaked to them by Sen.
Rod Grams (R-Mn.) and other politicians who try to look like they care.

I have repeatedly asked my senator, Rod Grams, to support a bill to ban
the sale of weapons made in countries that won't account for POW/MIAs.

Dollar Bill has never asked the Russians or Chinese if they bought Speicher
for his knowledge of the F-18  and/or use as a guinea pig in medical experiments.

Exactly the opposite of what you would expect if
you had heard Capt. Scott O'Grady on Jay Leno.

What did you expect, the neutral zone was
not shown on the Times' map used for the story.

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