Prince Harry serving on front line in Afghanistan

"his deployment was kept under wraps in a deal between the British media and the Ministry of Defence".....obviously, someone from the British media or the MoD leaked it out, otherwise, how did foreign press get a hold of it?

Of course its all show......

I bet the little spoiled Nazi hasnt work 1 day in his entire life

Obviously? SO it couldn't have been anyone in his family...any friend...any military member looking for a quick buck?

Where the leak came from is one issue...the press exposing it to the public is another.



I am sure you have never seen war...so what you say bout what he did there is irrelevant.

and you are the authority on the subject of war?

Nope but I guarantee I know more about it than you. If you had any idea what it was like you could never had said such things about a guy that clearly did his job there...

It's easy to make such callous statements from the comfort of your warm home. Put your feet on the ground and march in their shoes and then you can comment with validity.

That's my whole point.....given the security risk, there should never have been an agreement to begin with....the media should not have been there or told about it....just my opinion.


I seriously doubt any friend or family member is going to "leak" it out....if it was another military member (though I doubt becuase they would be putting themselves at risk), then it still came ultimately came from the UK....

you must be blind not to see through this.

FYI.........I spent 4 years in the Army and I dont believe any of it.

Let the little rich kid play with guns while the camera is rolling

He is so disrespectfull twords his own country its sad how you ppl eat this crap up

I agree on that part...nobody should have known.



Let's just say I know people and things that you don't and have been places you have not. I trust my own eyes and colleagues more than your opinion.

Unless you have served in Afghanistan with the Brits yourself...then I will concede you have an opinion worth listening to.

i just can't believe you lot are worried about security risks etc. Just because he is a prince, what about the security risk for all of the soldiers, everybody bleeds everybody can be killed.

It should not matter who the guy is nobody should be put at risk on purpose or at least the risk should be minimised where possible.

The army, Marines, Navy, SAS, SBS whatever you like isn't about the individual its about the team & the mission and the objectives to complete that mission and thats how it should stay.

Uhhh, that's the whole point of this thread, Tornado.....the fact that his presence is not only a security risk to himself, but to those he is serving with.

why is it more of a security risk, what becuase 40 commando will be targeted heavier??? the taliban will attack anyway it depends on the movement of our troops. Contact will happen and on a daily basis, soldiers are trained and prepared for those kind of situations its nothing new to them.

Its a security risk been out there, lol, you could get the chop and anytime.

ANd that his presence is ONLY a risk if it is known. If he was there anonymously it wouldn't have changed anything in the big picture. He is a Soldier and should be allowed to do his job without the circus.

Tornado do you really think that if the bad guys knew where he was they would not make a strong effort to get him? think of the PR from their end. SO yeah it does endanger the lives of his comrades more than normally if his location is known.

He could be used as a pawn though. Ambush and all that. Lure the enemy and let them have it. The truth, as I see it though, is that the hardcore terrorists are hiding in places that the Allies will never get near. All this talk of cutting back on troop numbers or pulling out completely shows the divided nature of the struggle. Let's see some stats to show that the war is being fought efficaciously

Why would they put him at risk as a pawn when they could just SAY he is there.

And I will tell you this...the warfighters could be more effective if they were allowed to do things their way. Politicians are mucking it up as they always do and have always done.

Then the war lacks credibility. OK, they could just say he was in location X, that'd be better. The problem is that it isn't always clear who the enemy is, a guessing game is taking place. Jones101, could u be sure of finding ur target in such a struggle? The politicians talk a good game but I question the overall commitment to gunning down real terrorists

Can you clarify the situation you mean? If you are talking about Harry for example...just the knowledge that he was in a location would bring them to you...you could just plant the idea.

If you mean who is the good guy and who is the bad guy...there is a pretty good job of that being done. The rare 'friendly fire' incidents that occur are close air support and bombing.

It's not like the Taliban wear red football tops and are instantly recognisable. To me anyway, they all look very similar and their radical Islamic shouts are hardly gonna be understood by the Allies. Some innocent supporters of Islam could easily be mistaken as being terrorists.

Ahh I see what you meant.

Well...a good rule of thumb is if they are shooting at you or planting IEDs and EFPs then they are the bad guys.

Agreed!!

He joined the army just to get away from his mother.

She was...haunting him? :S

Actually, he was wondering how they got the women to cover thier faces, he wants her to cover her own so he can keep his breakfast down when she's sitting across the table from him. Bloody ugly sight so early in the day!

erm,his mothers dead,muppet,and his father retired from the life Guards now makes a penny or two in TV guest spots.

LOL

Yeah, 1997 she died. Mick Jagger once sang and asked, 'Who wants yesterdays' papers?'. Clearly MrAmerica needs them. And b4 u say it wasn't yesterday MrAmerica, we don't always literally mean yesterday but use it to refer to past time

The biological one is dead, but now he has an ugly step-mother.

And to those people who say she looks like a horse, I say: Go and look at a real horse and then apologise to that horse.

And Osioł knows as this is his territory. Camilla Painful-Bowels is an abomination, she had all at OUP thinking how to come up with an adjective that outdoes hideous.

She tries to be dedicated to Charles but it may be a case of 'ear today, gone tomorrow'