Pooch_1 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Should Prince Harry Go To Iraq? Prince Harry is not going to Iraq, official sources say "it is to dangerous" What are your views? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Hack Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Personally, I'm not sure why he joined the army in the first place. He was never going to be sent to a war zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plekhanov Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 They may well be right that his Royal status would make him too big a target and endanger his comrades but that was always going to be the case and it makes the decision to take him on to serve as a front line army officer seem rather dumb. If he’d gone into the Navy or Airforce then atleast he could have served in a role which would make ambushing him with insurgents much more difficult so he could actually do what he signed up for and what he was expensively trained to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plekhanov Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Personally, I'm not sure why he joined the army in the first place. He was never going to be sent to a war zone. If I was feeling extremely cynical I might suggest that was exactly why he joined the army; as it meant he could to look brave and committed whilst knowing that he was too much of a risk to others to actively serve so he would never actually be required to risk deploying whereas he might have been if he was in another branch of the forces. However I’m not feeling all that cynical so I won’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch_1 Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 IMO, The media hyping it up that he was going in the first place would have done him no favours. The press seem to be able to publish whatever they wish these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I too question the wisdom of him joining The Army,but he has and I think he should go. I also question the role of the MOD in this,since when have they made public details of troop movements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'm pretty sure he was never really going to Iraq. Just wanted people to think he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I too question the wisdom of him joining The Army,but he has and I think he should go. I also question the role of the MOD in this,since when have they made public details of troop movements? They're not daft mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch_1 Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 I too question the wisdom of him joining The Army,but he has and I think he should go. I also question the role of the MOD in this,since when have they made public details of troop movements? I think they got this idea from President Bush, when he made the appointment with Saddam Hussain to invade Iraq. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Where is the button for "don't care" ? I can't believe anyone actually thought he might ever go, it's a P.R. stunt by the royal family, they are expected to join the forces, but not expected to actually get hurt, or even worse killed, how would the nation cope with that ? It doesn't bear thinking about. I just think it is an insult to the people in the forces who obviously arn't considered as important to their family and country as the little prince, "Yes, off you go to get killed, but we couldn't possibly risk losing Harry" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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