Prince Harry in Iraq
 

I'm sure you've all heard about this by now. I think it's a good thing. He should go, and the fact that he states he wants to go is good also. I hope as I do for all armed service men and women that his time is safe, but if his reg is going then that's just the way it is.

Good on him for doing his duty, however misguided I may personally believe this war to be.

It's unfortunate, however, he'll be putting his fellow soldiers in harms way. I'm sure the "bad guys" (other guys if you prefer) will make an all out effort to find and kill the prince. Anyone near him will be in grave danger.

Of course they will, maybe even moreso than other officers that're targeted. He still has chosen a military career, as have his soldiers. I'm sure they're all very proud to be serving their country and their Queen.

You mean the Queen is as crazy as Bush?

No, I mean when a British soldier goes to war he's serving Queen and country. The same as Aussie soldiers.

Is he the one who just broke up with his long-time girlfriend? Or is that the other one?

I don't see how the insurgents will be able to pick him out. He will be in uniform with a helmet on and I believe he is in a tank unit.

They'll find where he's assigned and concentrate on it. Find out what tank he's in and try to take it out. Spies are everywhere in this kind of war.

Hmmm....good point.

It will still be pretty hard for them to find his group but if I was in the same tank as him, I would be pretty pissed.

Perhaps the Commanding Officers will employ as much disinformation as possible - it could even be a means to flush out insurgent activity with minimal risk to British troops. If they can hide Osama, then I would have thought that we ought to be able to conceal Harry's true whereabouts just as effectively.

Osama isn't surrounded by spies.
But they might be able to hide him, away from his mates. I'd bet money there are people in Iraq that already know all the numbers of his outfit and who his friends and crew are.

He's just too big a target not to work on it, at least.

No, that was William. Second in line to the throne.

Harry is the one who does drugs and wears swastikas to bars.

This isn't the first war that a member of the british royal family has served in. There is in fact a long tradition of leading by example in the house of Windsor.

But then you will be putting other troops in the areas where "Harry is" in more danger. Their lives are just as important as Harry's is.

It is good that he will be going... If you want that title and uniform, you have to do the work associated with the title and uniform. Simple as that.

It would go a long way if he were to go and fight like his loyal future subjects.

mercy: What would the compliment to that be? That is, what do you think the consequences would/should/could be were he to choose not to serve/fight?

It's fairly unlikely he'll ever be on the throne. Both his father and brother would have to die for that to happen.

He's not going and apparently very disappointed.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe...rry/index.html

Good. He shouldn't go. As mentioned above, he would be a liability.

it's not fair to the soldiers in his unit, he is increasing the risk to their lives as well as his own.

It's far too dangerous for both him and his men for him to go. He would be targeted. If the insurgents got hold of him it would be an absolute disaster. It's been mentioned that other Royal Family members have served in combat before, such as Prince Andrew in the Falklands, but the difference is that the Argentinians were unlikely to have beheaded him on video if he had been captured. It's been reported today that he won't go, and then later that he will go, so who knows?

If I remember the article correctly, those are all some of the reasons they are not sending him

Hmm, it seems the story I read about him going has since been removed, and all that is there says he isn't going, so I guess right now he isn't. That's good.

Perhaps it's all part of the disinformation campaign?

He's gonna "Prince and the Pauper" his way into the war!

He's not going and I agree with the decision.

I can understand his disappointment, but dems de breaks