Military Speaker Tim Collins - "War did not make Iraq a better place"

In the opening days on the Iraq War in 2003, Colonel Tim Collins gave a rousing eve-of-battle speech to soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment...

Now retired from the Army, he has been reflecting on a conflict still shrouded in controversy.

Col Collins has told Forces News that Iraq is probably not a better place as a result of the invasion, saying: " This was a war that went off - nobody knew why. And to this day people are wondering why it ever happened."

Watch the video for the full interview at:

http://www.bfbs.com/news/iraq/war-did-not-make-iraq-better-place-63097.html