Posted on 05/07/2019 7:06:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
OK, it's a news satire show but, hey, they've just spent a couple of years delivering thoroughly non-comedic garbage regarding the current president of the United States, so I'm going to use different criteria for judging them now.
Here was The Daily Show host Trevor Noah's hot take the birth of the most recent British royal:
Congrats to the Royal Family! pic.twitter.com/5lIKnHc33j — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 7, 2019
There are any number of reasons to poke fun at royalty, but even joking about the Duke of Sussex being some sort of layabout is kind of weak.
Here is the thing: Harry isn't your grandfather's royal, even though they all served in the military back then too.
Prince Harry served two tours in Afghanistan despite the fervent wishes of the British Defense Secretary that he not deploy at all.
Military site We Are The Mighty has more on Harry's very active involvement during his service:
When his unit and his Gurkha allies were attacked by the Taliban, Prince Harry himself jumped on the .50 cal to hold the line. He successfully repelled the attack all while the Britons back home knew nothing.Prince Harry returned to England in May 2008 and began his training as an Apache pilot — as is an unofficial tradition among the House of Windsor — and he was damn good. He returned to Afghanistan, now as "Captain Wales." The Taliban leaders got wind of his return and called for his head. That didn't scare this badass and his missions were more ramped up.
He returned to England with an untold number of combat missions under his belt (but, supposedly, there were a lot). He left active military service in 2015 but he continues to champion the military and veteran community through his countless organizations. He launched the Invictus Games in 2014 and has been a key figure of Walk With the Wounded, HALO Trust, and London Marathon Charitable Trust.
He wasn't sitting behind the lines and safely sipping tea.
There is a good chance that The Daily Show staff writers were unaware of Prince Harry's service because it was SO ten years ago. To borrow a military phrase, they weren't over the target at all in trying to make him out to be a royal slacker.
Jealous that a pretty black model married a redheaded white boy
That snide little foreigner should go back to his own country.
I really, REALLY want to like Harry. I mean, I do! I respect his military service, no doubt.
However, I cannot WAIT to see his dark-skinned, carrot-topped, jug-eared baby boy, LOL!
There won’t be a teeny-tiny bit of Diana in that child. Which is a shame.
Being a Prince is a 24/7 full time job ,LOL
Just wait until you hear his name: Mohammed!
So, when does Trevor Noah walk point?
“He wasn’t sitting behind the lines and safely sipping tea.”
On at least one of his deployments in Afghanistan, he was based in Camp Bastion, a British Base co-located with the American Camp Leatherneck, in Helmand Province (Now an Afghan National Army base).
The assessment that I heard from some Marine officers who were there, was that they felt that he personally was actually a stand-up guy that they could respect, and not a coward or a wimp. Naturally, they had to provide security for him like any General or Distinguished Visitor, but he was not a shirker. He did full rotations, not just brief photo op visits.
Trevor Noah is as dishonest and low as any of them.
But I don’t buy royal family PR hype.
There’s a pretty strong resentment over in the UK that he married her. Have never read a nice comment about her from the brits. Not one.
I may have differences with some of Harry’s current politics, but I do not question his military service nor his care for Britain’s veterans.
Prince Philip saw more action, in WW II, than his benighted grandson, Harry ever did. Even Harry's older brother wasn't as protected and he is the heir to the throne! And Wills DID have a for real job, after he got out of the military
Supposedly, he WAS considered to be funny in RSA, when he did standup there; or so I’ve been told by an expat South African.
My bet is that the new baby will sort of look like a young Redd Foxx. ;^)
Prince Harry appears to be a cool lad. He kicked some Taliban ass and we have to respect him for that. That said, he could had done better than marrying a spoiled American actress.
Harry could date anyone he wanted, but seeing as how he didn’t like to date other Royalty, a lot of women aren’t necessarily willing to put up with the life of being married to a Royal and the resulting fishbowl.
And Harry is and always has been a spoiled jerk!
My Jewish son and my Catholic son-in-law didn’t see Trevor in Iraq. Wonder why?
He can “talk the talk but never walk the walk”. Once a loudmouthed coward, always a loudmouthed coward.
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