[Colonel Winter summons Irwin again]
COL Winter: These men are not here for unpaid parking fines and traffic-
Irwin: I'm under no illusion as to why the men are here, Colonel. I just think that they might be reminded of some of the good things they've done, rather than only the worst.
COL Winter: Yes, that is something my predecessor used to say. And in his last two years here there were seven escape attempts, 12 injury assaults on officers and NCOs - including one killed. Since I've assumed command there have been zero escape attempts, zero injury assaults , zero fatalities. Some may question my methods- but they do work. No soldier has ever died needlessly under my command, Mr. Irwin. You see, I too share the burden of command. You may not think that I have ever set foot on a battlefield, but that is because you have never sat behind this desk. This desk! My men and I are vastly outnumbered. We spend every day behind enemy lines because, make no mistake about it Mr. Irwin, they are the enemy! [Pauses, gets up and faces Irwin.] But I don't need to justify myself to you, do I?
Irwin: I don't know. Do you?
COL Winter: This wall, that has become the focus of so much tension and turmoil... Well, in about two minutes, there will be no more wall.
COL Winter: These men are not here for unpaid parking fines and traffic-
Irwin: I'm under no illusion as to why the men are here, Colonel. I just think that they might be reminded of some of the good things they've done, rather than only the worst.
COL Winter: Yes, that is something my predecessor used to say. And in his last two years here there were seven escape attempts, 12 injury assaults on officers and NCOs - including one killed. Since I've assumed command there have been zero escape attempts, zero injury assaults , zero fatalities. Some may question my methods- but they do work. No soldier has ever died needlessly under my command, Mr. Irwin. You see, I too share the burden of command. You may not think that I have ever set foot on a battlefield, but that is because you have never sat behind this desk. This desk! My men and I are vastly outnumbered. We spend every day behind enemy lines because, make no mistake about it Mr. Irwin, they are the enemy! [Pauses, gets up and faces Irwin.] But I don't need to justify myself to you, do I?
Irwin: I don't know. Do you?
COL Winter: This wall, that has become the focus of so much tension and turmoil... Well, in about two minutes, there will be no more wall.
[Colonel Winter summons Irwin again]
COL Winter : These men are not here for unpaid parking fines and traffic-
Irwin : I'm under no illusion as to why the men are here, Colonel. I just think that they might be reminded of some of the good things they've done, rather than only the worst.
COL Winter : Yes, that is something my predecessor used to say. And in his last two years here there were seven escape attempts, 12 injury assaults on officers and NCOs - including one killed. Since I've assumed command there have been zero escape attempts, zero injury assaults , zero fatalities. Some may question my methods- but they do work. No soldier has ever died needlessly under my command, Mr. Irwin. You see, I too share the burden of command. You may not think that I have ever set foot on a battlefield, but that is because you have never sat behind this desk. This desk! My men and I are vastly outnumbered. We spend every day behind enemy lines because, make no mistake about it Mr. Irwin, they are the enemy! [Pauses, gets up and faces Irwin.] But I don't need to justify myself to you, do I?
Irwin : I don't know. Do you?
COL Winter : This wall, that has become the focus of so much tension and turmoil... Well, in about two minutes, there will be no more wall.
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