Tim Collins (born Northern Ireland, 1959/1960), as Lieutenant Colonel (Commanding Officer) of the 1st Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army, gave a rousing eve-of-battle speech to his troops in Iraq on Wednesday 19 March 2003. It was said that US President George W Bush subsequently had a copy of the speech tacked up on the wall of the Oval Office.
Later Collins was alleged by US Army Major Re Biastre to have been responsible for mistreatment of Iraqi civilians and prisoners of war. He was cleared by a tribunal.
From a Tim Collins' Speech
- We go to liberate not to conquer. We will not fly our flags in their country. We are entering Iraq to free a people and the only flag which will be flown in that ancient land is their own. Show respect for them.
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