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  • 'Show Respect': 'We Go to Liberate And Not to Conquer'

    04/02/2003 6:51:37 PM PST · by SAMWolf · 10 replies · 225+ views
    Times Dispatch ^ | Mar 26, 2003 | Lt. Col. Tim Collins
    <p>The eve of battle is a time for commanders to rally their troops. Some do it more memorably than others. Following are excerpts from a speech by Lt. Col. Tim Collins, commander of the First Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, delivered last Wednesday at Fort Blair Mayne in northern Kuwait, before the battalion left for Iraq.</p>