Prince Harry may quit the Army if he's banned from Iraq duty

http://news.sawf.org/Gossip/36370.aspx ^ | Friday, April 27, 2007

[doc1019]

Good for Harry! Stand your ground!

[The Pack Knight]

That may sound patriotic but it’s true.

Only in today's Britain would that be considered a dichotomy.

[Centurion2000]

Harry ... go for the SAS and then you can serve in secret missions and stuff :)

[Northern Alliance]

I’d be most worried about an Islamic Brit soldier fragging him.

[MinorityRepublican]

[I see my hands]

I've always tried to maintain a respect for Prince Chas. for his military service. It's been tough. Pretty much gone and irretrievable now, I guess.

It's uplifiting to see PH, a young man of ultimate privilege, determined to serve. Almost an easy call that he shouldn't though, IMO.

[Defiant]

They should send him there and use him as bait. He wouldn’t even have to be around, just let people think he is.

[D-fendr]

"Prince Harry would be performing duties in Iraq that would involve "leading a troop of 12 men in four Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicles, each with a crew of three" from the regiment's "A squadron"."

The terrorists will never know where he is now.

[ikka]

It's not like they said he will be sitting in the front, right seat.

Wearing a blue bandanna, and leaving on Tuesday and likely to be serving in the east part of Baghdad, probably be rolling through the 1300 block of Al-Maliki Avenue at oh, 2:30 PM local time. Or anything like that.

[Rummenigge]

patriotism is often enough reason to dilute the truth.

[D-fendr]

Yep. Loose lips and all that, hip-hip.

They've been very careful, too, with the subtle and smallish (three-foot square) insignia on his vehicle..

[Tolsti]

He has a good oportunity to save the crown from a long spell of disgrace, especially anything to do with ‘prince’ charles. Already he’s showing more guts than many English nobility for a long time, and can turn into a new Churchill-esque figure is he works on it.

We’ll see..

[endthematrix]

Bomb the shite out some enemy stronghold and drop PsyOp leaflets that say, “Prince Harry was here, you bastards!”

[MinorityRepublican]

That’s the insignia of Prince William. The article is about Prince Harry.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

“His Scimitar will have a polished chrome bumper with regiment markings, Union Jack hanging out of the passenger side window, and a vanity plate that says ‘HAIR-EE’. They will be doing 1800-2200 patrols on Alpha road nightly. Harry himself will be sitting in the front passender seat, and although helmetd, his facial features will be clearly distinguishable, with a Clove fag dangling from the mouth.”

[D-fendr]

That’s the insignia of Prince William.

Yep. Throws 'em off the track.. they're looking for Harry, think that's William, keep on goin'.. Clever, wot?

[D-fendr]

fag dangling from the mouth.”

Off to rehab for you, mate..

[WildcatClan]

You just gotta like Harry, he exhibits honor, courage, and integrity, asks no accolades for it, just to be with his men and serve his country. That is one fine soldier.

[MarkL]

IIRC, Prince Andrew served in an extremely dangerous position, flying helicopters off of ships, primarily as protection against anti-shipping missiles, like the Exocets (which I believe did sink one of the British ships).

I applaud Prince Harry's gumption and determination to serve, but I think that I have to side with the brass on this one. Can you imagine the propaganda victory should anything happen to the Prince while serving? And the level of security around him would hinder any sort of operations his unit would be able to perform. At least as a naval officer stationed aboard a ship, Prince Andrew had some isolation, which isn't practical or possible for a land based soldier. I'll bet that Audie Murphy and Alvin York didn't want to be sent home before the wars they fought were over.

Mark