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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DREDger on February 22, 2007, 12:51:33 PM
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Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is to join troops serving in Iraq, defense officials confirmed Thursday.
How'd u like to be the tank crew assigned to this officer.:noid
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he will be in a combat zone, he will not see combat.
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Nicely timed with the troop withdraw ehhh.
Bronk
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Originally posted by john9001
he will be in a combat zone, he will not see combat.
Why not? Prince Andrew saw action in the Falklands. He was Exocet bait.
ack-ack
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He's supposedly going to lead his squad on motorized patrol. Basra is fairly safe for now but I would expect mounting insurgent action there once it's known Harry's in the area.
It is interesting that Tony B. had said just last month that any withdrawl or time table for withdrawl of British troops would be a mistake, guess the Queen had a bit of input on his recent decision.
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Maybe the Bush Girls should go too.
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Gotta admire Harry's attitude.
"There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country,"
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Gotta admire Harry's attitude.
Yes. You really do.
Charon
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Originally posted by DREDger
Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is to join troops serving in Iraq, defense officials confirmed Thursday.
How'd u like to be the tank crew assigned to this officer.:noid
You call Scimitar a tank?
Harry is trained to command a reconnaissance unit of 11 men with 4 Scimitars. Scimitar is vulnerable to any weapon bigger than a hammer.
(http://www.armyrecognition.com/europe/Angleterre/Exhibition/Chelsea_Barracks_2004/pictures/Scimitar_CVRT_UK_01.jpg)
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If the Scimitar were in AH2, I would bounce 10 rounds off of it, then it would promptly take out my Tiger's turret with 1 shot. :D
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Originally posted by kamilyun
If the Scimitar were in AH2, I would bounce 10 rounds off of it, then it would promptly take out my Tiger's turret with 1 shot. :D
Then it would hit a small bush and explode :D
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Originally posted by Ball
Gotta admire Harry's attitude.
yep.
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Originally posted by Ball
Gotta admire Harry's attitude.
Sure do.
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Bully for Harry! Stout lads, those Brit throne possibles.
Yes, any VIP in a combat zone makes it tough on everyone around him or her. Bullet magnet indeed. Nevertheless, always inspiring to see high ranking leaders out there leading their troops in the field. :aok
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Originally posted by Ball
Gotta admire Harry's attitude.
Yep. Agree Ball.
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Yup,
We were talking about this at work today and I wondered what it would be like to get one of the Bush daughters in one of my flights. Would the secret servic have to be there all the time?
I admire the british royalty, they have almost allways seemed to have served.
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The males have to. It's part of being the Royalty.
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Any of you with royalty in yer blood?
Was checking my family tree. Grows very interesting far back ;)
anyway Harry:
:aok
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Originally posted by kamilyun
If the Scimitar were in AH2, I would bounce 10 rounds off of it, then it would promptly take out my Tiger's turret with 1 shot. :D
You kidding? :P
Matt
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Its not the Prince Harry wants to fight so badly...
Its that he'll go anywhere (even Iraq) to get out of the craphole called England.
"Bloody hell, this Iraq place is a paradise compared to London!"
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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
Its not the Prince Harry wants to fight so badly...
Its that he'll go anywhere (even Iraq) to get out of the craphole called England.
"Bloody hell, this Iraq place is a paradise compared to London!"
Eh?
London is a fantastic city. When was the last time you were there?
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He's probably joking, but then again with all the gun crime in London these days not to mention all the terrorism. Maybe it's safer in Basra. ;)
But Kudos to him for going. He won't be the first warrior Prince Henry, although maybe the last. The Blues and Royals may look like Toy Soldiers outside Buckingham Palace but they are an elite regiment.
The Scimitar may not be the most heavily armoured piece of kit in the British army but it sure is safer from IED's than the bloody Landrovers the rest of them are stuck with.
Meanwhile the heir to the throne, Prince William, won't be anywhere near a war zone. He will do his time in the army and then the RN and the RAF, where hopefully he will be a better pilot than his Father.
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Seeing the responses on this post I recognise my post seems a bit callous.
I do find Prince Harry's attitude to be very impressive and commendable.
I guess I'm using a double standard, but I don't think a guy like that should be anywhere near combat....for one I think it puts places undue danger among his soldiers, but also because I'd think England needs him more elsewhere. Guy like that has been trained and groomed for diplomacy and things like that, not driving around a tank in a war zone.
As far as Prince Andrew fighting in the Fauklands, well, a bit different I think. Launching of a carrier in a plane he would have a great deal of annonymity(sp), whereas Harry in a tank would easily be found out by a network of spies and could be singled out....and you know they would try.
'The Bush daughters should be sent to the war'
Always hated it when people said that. Everyone in the armed services has volunteered.