<p>I suppose they have to consider the safety of the entire regiment…
If he is targeted, the entire operation and many more lives could be put in jeopardy.</p>
<p>But did they honestly expect him to ship out to Afghanistan and NOT have the entire world find out?</p>
<p>Well, maybe he wanted to be a normal person and not a celebrity for once? Maybe he got caught up in the noble ideals of war and wanted to fight for something he thought was right. He should have been fine, except that he was outed by the press. I think it’s really unfortunate for him.</p>
<p>yes to uphold the tradition even if he didnt see so much action. and the armed forces dont always live up to their sweet stipulations. people get stuck over their like they sold their souls. it is an imperfect system.</p>
<p>but would the terrorists be able to identify him? they didn’t know he was even there until the info leaked…</p>
<p>The press would have outed him regardless; it’s part of the package that comes with being a prince. I don’t see how anyone expected the press NOT to out him. Even if they hadn’t known in the first place, wouldn’t they notice something…
“Hey, where’s that prince guy?”
“I dunno. I haven’t seen him in a while. Has he got a girlfirend?”
“I don’t think so. We would have known. We sneaky press people find out everything. And then we share it with the world, even if it really messes stuff up. Yeah.”
^
By the way, I am all for free press.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t they have some respect for his life and the lives of others in his regiment or whatever it’s called?</p>
<p>i meant in afghanistan - the soldiers are wearing camo and face protection - unless they had someone on the inside, it would be very difficult to keep tabs on harry and company</p>
<p>yeah i just checked, william and harry attended the same military school. harry decided he wanted to fight. I doubt the family supported him in that, given the dangers.<br>
despite opposition from the family, government, and military, who said that it would be exceedingly dangerous for him and his troops, harry was able to make his way into combat.
the news reports caused the government/army to force harry to pull out of combat.</p>
<p>They should have respect for every life. But you know that word would have gotten out, if not via this source, then another one.</p>
<p>What’s the point of military school if you are forbidden from the military?</p>
<p>If they’d figured out where he was stationed, they could just bomb the crap out of it until they killed him.</p>
<p>so… the real heart of the matter is… is harry’s life worth more than an ordinary soldier’s just because he’s a prince?</p>
<p>and it takes a lot of firepower to bomb the crap out of a positiion, especially considering the limited resouces of the terrorists… and the brits have this thing called an air force that can bomb back…</p>
<p>when did the media ever care about privacy? we have tabloids and paparazzi for a reason.</p>
<p>To the crown and enemy militants, yes. To the press, yes. To anyone else? Not particularly, unless they’re a huge fan.</p>
<p>and why are we discussing this so seriously?
and no it is not. on the argument that he was endangering others i would say it was a good reason to take him out. or even on the worries of his family. tons of soldiers try and leave because their family cant handle the stress.</p>
<p>and i just argued an 11 year old friend of mines to go to bed. i think i have a mommy complex…agh</p>
<p>i say, if harry wants to stay, let him stay. he supposedly has already has direct combat experience (as in shooting things that shoot back)</p>
<p>and btw. does him men get pulled out with him? (since their lives are endangered…)</p>
<p>Their lives aren’t in danger if he’s not there.</p>
<p>i don’t think the question is just “is harry’s life worth more than an ordinary soldier’s just because he’s a prince?,” because his life, because of his political/social status, also “includes” the lives of all the people surrounding him. so to rephrase your question you’d have to say
“is harry’s life+the lives everyone in his troop/station who would be affected if there was an attempt on harry’s life, worth more than just an ordinary soldiers?”</p>
<p>and then, as unfair as it is, i think the answer would have to be, “yes”</p>
<p>yes group over individual.</p>
<p>i heard in a TV interview that the CIC of the brits stated that they pulled out harry because his cover was blown. they should have emphasized more on the fact that they were pulling him out to save the lives of OTHER people - sounds better.</p>
<p>Yeah, probably.</p>
<p>I think I’m out for the morning, guys. I’ll be back later tonight.</p>