Should Harry be sent to the front lines?

[Balky001]

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

I am be curious why so many peoples suggest greater position of risk for your young Prince? I mean your Generals and other high ranking peoples would never ,ever be placed at the same kind of risk you suggesting...so why your Prince?

You make a good point Mr Pedrosa but I think you are doing yourself a disservice. You are arguably the MotoGP Prince and King in waiting yet you are on the front line risking all whereas Tanaka-san, Leitner-san and Puig-san are well behind the pit wall directing your achievements. But ss this not the right thing for them to do?

Like most people in the army, you want to be where the action is, this goes with the prince.
The chief has to treat Harry the same as any other soldier otherwise every soldier could request that they not be put into a combat zone as their lives are just as valuable as Harry's.
I come from a long line of soldiers ( Kingo's ), and have always been brought up, that no matter what your status is outside the army, your treated the same while your inside.
That's my say, for what it's worth

[Stingo]

On the fence me...



or should that be...amidships.

[Richie]

Originally Posted by timwilky

My honest opinion is that he should not be sent.

He would be too high a value target for the insurgents not to ignore. Therefore, he would be placing others in his unit at far higher risk than what they would normally be. He is therefore a liability to others.

I therefore suggest he be placed on latrine cleaning duties somewhere safe like Belize (With the inevitable tropical tummies) for the duration his unit is deployed in Iraq.

Which is why I agree with the old man...
Yes he wants to go and good on him, but I feel like everyone of his troop (8-12 men) will be on tender hooks if he took out a Recce party.

For Queen and country eh. I would think his troop would be happy to stand next to him. Royals have been going to war from the start of time and even more have died because of them.

sorry but if i was in his group he can stay at home.... i wouldnt want to be stood next to him

I don't think he should go because it's a good call to arms for brainwashing more young muslims into becoming extremists - "The filthy imperialists have sent their infidel prince to conquer our holy lands". Some people actually believe this type of stuff.

Point taken about royalty being in the thick of it through history, but this ain't Agincourt - things have changed.

Then again, all this was known when he joined up, so he shouldn't have been allowed into a role that could put him in the front line in the first place.

Oh - and I do think Harry himself is a brave lad and his threat to resign is one of genuine frustration at training up for war and not being allowed to go.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Well Oiled

Oh - and I do think Harry himself is a brave lad and his threat to resign is one of genuine frustration at training up for war and not being allowed to go.

And he didn't see it coming? Hard to believe it wasn't discussed til now at least.

Originally Posted by northwind

And he didn't see it coming? Hard to believe it wasn't discussed til now at least.

Probably, but they let his Uncle Andrew go to the Falklands, so he probably thought they'd let him go to Iraq. I don't think he's insisting he should go as false bravado because he knows they won't let him. Do you?

[Stingo]

picture the scene...held to ransom when captured - pull all the Western infidels out or we chop his head off...not sure I wan't to even think about any consequences either way...I know there's folk that have little or no regard for the Royals, but there's them what has...even in foreign lands far far away. I for one would rather that he were returned to the UK in one piece and alive - that kind of puts me on the 'don't go' side of the fence.