BF2S Forums PRINCE HARRY ON FRONTLINES

According to a Taliban spokesman, the prince’s presence in Helmand province is a direct sign of the British Royal Family’s stance against Muslims and warned it would merely encourage further insurgent attacks against British soldiers.

    Zabihullah Mujahid said: “Prince Harry’s presence in Afghanistan encourages our fighters to launch more attacks on British forces.

    “The Royal Family is now directly participating in the aggression against Muslims.”…

    Mr Mujahid also suggested the British are facing defeat in Afghanistan and that news of the prince’s deployment was deliberately leaked in order to raise spirits.

Turquoise wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

The piece in the Berliner Kurier?

No one paid any attention to that either, except the guys at the Drudge Report - who are responsible for the leak being widespread.

Almost all the blame lies with them, the other leakers are responsible too, but without a sufficient audience, they wouldn't have been an issue.

This is probably the only time I've defended the Drudge Report, but it sounds like you're blaming Drudge for having a large audience.  I would doubt that he even knew about Harry until he read the other sources.

Bertster7 wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

The piece in the Berliner Kurier?

No one paid any attention to that either, except the guys at the Drudge Report - who are responsible for the leak being widespread.

Almost all the blame lies with them, the other leakers are responsible too, but without a sufficient audience, they wouldn't have been an issue.

This is probably the only time I've defended the Drudge Report, but it sounds like you're blaming Drudge for having a large audience.  I would doubt that he even knew about Harry until he read the other sources.

That is what I'm doing, in a way. That is why Drudge is to blame.

Can you not see that leaks are entirely dependent upon the size of the audience they are leaked to? It's pretty fucking obvious. That's what a leak is. If you have a very small audience, it's not really a leak. Taking it to extremes, it's the difference between a conversation between a couple of people and a global broadcast.

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

apollo_fi wrote:

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

I was in Iraq with Patton's great grand nephew.

Your situation would be different to bonnie prince Harry's squadmates at least in this respect:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&t … ephew+iraq

so, everyone elses life is ok to expose to unnecessary dangers, just not royal blood.


before you go with the "He'll be a bullet magnet" response,  Im under the life's philosophy that all wars are unnecessary dangers.  If you are going to send your best out there to die, you better send your royals too.

-101-InvaderZim wrote:

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

apollo_fi wrote:

Your situation would be different to bonnie prince Harry's squadmates at least in this respect:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&t … ephew+iraq

so, everyone elses life is ok to expose to unnecessary dangers, just not royal blood.


before you go with the "He'll be a bullet magnet" response,  Im under the life's philosophy that all wars are unnecessary dangers.  If you are going to send your best out there to die, you better send your royals too.

Of course Royal Blood have been exposed to the risks of Enemy fire.......
Harry's uncle, Price Andrew is a friggin war hero!!!! (Served in the RN as a chopper pilot during the Falklands Conflict and saved some people)......

jord wrote:

Did anyone watch the documentary today? I've never been in a firefight but he just looked like he was firing into the sky on that .50...

samfink wrote:

being a brit, here's my reaction: good on price harry, but i'd like to throttle that drudge guy. does he not realise there is a goddamn REASON the MoD wanted the news kept quiet? it seems like the guy specialises in broadcasting news of things under a news blackout. personally, i'm wondering if there is anything he can be charged with. Pr4ince Harry is the kind of person we need in the army, he might be of noble birth, but he juts wants to be treated as one of the guys. it was highly irresponsible for Drudge to publicise his involvement, i mean, hell, the MoD were going ot release the story after he finished his tour of duty anyway, couldn't he ( Drudge) respect that?

lowing wrote:

samfink wrote:

being a brit, here's my reaction: good on price harry, but i'd like to throttle that drudge guy. does he not realise there is a goddamn REASON the MoD wanted the news kept quiet? it seems like the guy specialises in broadcasting news of things under a news blackout. personally, i'm wondering if there is anything he can be charged with. Pr4ince Harry is the kind of person we need in the army, he might be of noble birth, but he juts wants to be treated as one of the guys. it was highly irresponsible for Drudge to publicise his involvement, i mean, hell, the MoD were going ot release the story after he finished his tour of duty anyway, couldn't he ( Drudge) respect that?

I agree.

I also think the media should be held accountable for the stuff they publish, up to and including treason and collaborating with the enemy.

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.

FatherTed wrote:

Mek-Izzle wrote:

Kennedy etc.. weren't really "famous" when they went to war. Well not on the level that Ginger Harry is in terms of "fame" and "social importance" at the time of fighting (I wanna emphasise the quotes because I think it's all BS)

Prince Andrew flew Helos during the Falkland War i think.

dimascurtu wrote:

"I agree.

I also think the media should be held accountable for the stuff they publish, up to and including treason and collaborating with the enemy."

...free speech? although i agree the media should be more responsible, the government CANNOT control the media, it is the voice of the people.