Michael Collins
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:05:17
As you may know...
:05:23
...we have had some communication
from the British side.

:05:29
There is a slim possibility...
:05:33
...that they might want to talk.
:05:38
But our...
:05:42
...tactics...
:05:45
...allowed the British press
to paint us as murderers.

:05:52
If we are to negotiate
as a legitimate government...

:05:55
...our armed forces must act...
:05:58
...like a legitimate army.
:06:04
What exactly do you mean, Dev?
:06:08
I mean large-scale engagements.
:06:13
You mean, like in 1916?
:06:17
The great heroic ethic of failure...
:06:21
...marching to slaughter.
:06:24
Why don't we save them the bother
and blow our own brains out?

:06:27
How dare you!
:06:28
How did we get them to this point...
:06:30
...to consider talking?
:06:32
We brought them to their knees
the only way we could!

:06:35
They call us...
:06:37
...murderers.
:06:38
War is murder! Sheer, bloody murder!
:06:41
Had you been here the past year,
you'd know that!

:06:52
I propose an assault...
:06:54
...on the administrative center
of British rule in Ireland:


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