muppetIRONCHEF wrote:
Typical of Drudge, thinking of their propagandizing selves...
Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_ … ince_harry
Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_ … ince_harry
typical of the AP
typical of the typicalGunSlinger OIF II wrote:
typical of the AP
The good: That's awesome someone like him is fighting on the frontlines and it'll raise morale. Plus it shows that high leaders (in England) aren't cowards to join wars but not send any of their own kin or other prestigious people out there.
The bad: Everyone will be after that squad. It's only a matter of time before he'll have to pull out because everyone will be looking for him.
The ugly: If a terrorist catches him. He'll be their MVP of POWs and you can bet there will be a massive ransom, raised terrorist morale, etc.
The bad: Everyone will be after that squad. It's only a matter of time before he'll have to pull out because everyone will be looking for him.
The ugly: If a terrorist catches him. He'll be their MVP of POWs and you can bet there will be a massive ransom, raised terrorist morale, etc.
Why would terrorists know what regiment they're fighting? They aint gonna know it's a Prince when he's wearing a helmet and full kit. He'll just look like a paler than normal soldier.
Because part of the soldiers job is to be friendly to the locals (winning hearts and minds). It might not take much for one of them to learn of Harry and pass that information on.jord wrote:
Why would terrorists know what regiment they're fighting? They aint gonna know it's a Prince when he's wearing a helmet and full kit. He'll just look like a paler than normal soldier.
And you could argue that Afghanistan is more hostile than Iraq in some areas.
I really can't see him being specifically targeted or captured is all. If they do come out of their hidy holes then they'll just get shot to pieces.TheAussieReaper wrote:
Because part of the soldiers job is to be friendly to the locals (winning hearts and minds). It might not take much for one of them to learn of Harry and pass that information on.jord wrote:
Why would terrorists know what regiment they're fighting? They aint gonna know it's a Prince when he's wearing a helmet and full kit. He'll just look like a paler than normal soldier.
And you could argue that Afghanistan is more hostile than Iraq in some areas.
Baiting? Is Harry the carrot on the end of the stick? .. stay tuned.jord wrote:
I really can't see him being specifically targeted or captured is all. If they do come out of their hidy holes then they'll just get shot to pieces.TheAussieReaper wrote:
Because part of the soldiers job is to be friendly to the locals (winning hearts and minds). It might not take much for one of them to learn of Harry and pass that information on.jord wrote:
Why would terrorists know what regiment they're fighting? They aint gonna know it's a Prince when he's wearing a helmet and full kit. He'll just look like a paler than normal soldier.
And you could argue that Afghanistan is more hostile than Iraq in some areas.
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Good on him for fulfilling the point of his job and not just getting awards for nothing. But if the media doesn't want to promote news of him being kidnapped then wtf do they always have to reveal everything. May as well stick a giant flag with right here on it. But he seems really down to earth.
aye... stick him in a regiment of Gurkha's, brilliant!! he'll just blend in and vanish? clearly the top brass wouldn't want to do anything that could jeopardise the lad..
i wonder what kinds of special precautions they take for his unit. i mean, hes royalty, they must be handling him a BIT differently, right? too bad nobody put the prince harry gunfight on youtube. i know id check it out.
agreedmikkel wrote:
I can appreciate culture, but there's a different between culture and throwing government money at people for nothing other than being born into a certain family. I don't even agree with involuntary subsidy of deliberately unemployed scum, let alone pompous multi-millionaires with nothing but bloodline to justify it.
Drunks + Guns = inconceivably bad thingGunSlinger OIF II wrote:
all we have to do now is get the Bush sisters to enlist.
I'm sure you could win Britain over to your side by kidnapping Prince Harry...
Let them be chefs.DoctaStrangelove wrote:
Drunks + Guns = inconceivably bad thingGunSlinger OIF II wrote:
all we have to do now is get the Bush sisters to enlist.
Women are genetically disposed to be good at cooking.
The Bush sisters are women.
Therefore, the Bush sisters are good cooks.
Food is tasty.
People like tasty food. Soldiers probably miss Mom's home-made mac N cheese with an apple pie
Good cooks make tasty food.
Happy soldiers means higher overall morale
Higher overall morale means that the missions go even better
Using the transitive property, the Bush sisters being chefs would make missions go better.
Shit the Bush sisters are like a traveling USO show, or a GGW show...
Saved some guys with a coconut.Varegg wrote:
Kennedy was a rich kid i guess, was he in a war ? ... Korea ?
while everyone else in his social class was running to the hills, he tried joining the army. They didn't let him in because of his back. He had some strings pulled and got into the Navy.Varegg wrote:
Kennedy was a rich kid i guess, was he in a war ? ... Korea ?
That's because:Mek-Izzle wrote:
Was Castro already a huge important figure before he started fighting, or was it the fighting/revoulution/whatever Cuba did that made him such. That's what I'm trying to make a difference about.
Like how alot of US Presidents served before they became President, but it's unlikely that a President would go on the front line whilst he is still a President
a. Presidents are too old
b. It's a risk
c. It's a waste of time to have the leader of a country fighting on the front lines.
true story! well kinda lol it was WW2 PT boat. and if i remember they did carve messages into coconutsCC-Marley wrote:
Saved some guys with a coconut.Varegg wrote:
Kennedy was a rich kid i guess, was he in a war ? ... Korea ?
Dressed up the OP with some more info.
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Last edited by GunSlinger OIF II (2008-02-28 20:22:40)
He's been in country for 10 weeks. Sweet. I can't believe they managed to keep it a secret this long.
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
He's the one person you can't say that about.and even Bush Jr.
He is on the record saying he dodged the draft by joing the Air National Guard.
Even then he didn't complete his duty.
Fuck Israel
...and Clinton conveniently dicking around in Oxford.Dilbert_X wrote:
He's the one person you can't say that about.and even Bush Jr.
He is on the record saying he dodged the draft by joing the Air National Guard.
Even then he didn't complete his duty.
Last edited by usmarine (2008-02-29 00:15:21)
Well the German turned Dutch prince Bernard fougth with the RAF during WWII I believe but he was kept well away from the real danger. Most of the credit goes to the Belgian king who fought in the trenches during the Great War. It's very uncommon for monarch to lead their troops into battle these days, let alone actually fight alongside them. Presidents having been in service prior to their office don't count anyway.Mek-Izzle wrote:
It's been a long time since people of already-established "importance" fought on the front line. I guess the last time that occured was when Haile Selassie (Ethiopian leader) fought alongside the troops to defend his country against Fascist Italy in WW2 (actually it was abit before WW2).
I think