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Iraq Speech
mistergrumpy - 3/2/09 at 06:58 PM

Does anyone know how the speech went in 1993 given to the troops in Iraq when it all kicked off again. I think it ended "tread lightly in the valley of death". Or even a few more words that'll help me with a search?

wheelfelloff - 3/2/09 at 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Does anyone know how the speech went in 1993 given to the troops in Iraq when it all kicked off again. I think it ended "tread lightly in the valley of death". Or even a few more words that'll help me with a search?


Google for Tim Collins pre battle speech, you will find part of it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Collins_(British_army_officer)#Speech_excerpt

Like many of these inspirational words, it has been "adopted" and slightly re-written to suit others and history. Personally I don't believe it needed any alteration, it was well balanced.

Keith

mistergrumpy - 4/2/09 at 04:17 PM

Pure poetry. Politically correct whilst retaining the ferocity of the realism that was about to come.
I shall read that every morning before work.

Mr Whippy - 4/2/09 at 04:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Does anyone know how the speech went in 1993 given to the troops in Iraq when it all kicked off again. I think it ended "tread lightly in the valley of death". Or even a few more words that'll help me with a search?


I thought it went more like -

'troops our intelligence tells us this man has WMD's!'

mistergrumpy - 4/2/09 at 04:42 PM

And for all you know he may just have had. Media control or something like that