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Originally Posted by iglu
I am sorry but I feel for the poor Afghanis, we send a brat with several TV crews to film him at war. What a disgrace, people are losing their lives and we are watching it as a reality show...
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Make your mind up, it's either him at war or him on a PR stunt, oh and if he is such a brat, why do his men hold him in such high esteem? Dont go saying it's because of who he is either because that wouldn't matter a jot to them when the ***** hits the fan
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Originally Posted by ntluser
There are a lot of brave soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who are conducting themselves in the best traditions of the army.They are just doing their very dangerous job in a courageous manner and if Harry manages to match that he will earn their respect and ours but to label him a hero is just a PR exercise because by the same token you would also have to label all the other soldiers as heroes too.I suspect most would feel that they are doing the job they are paid and trained to do.
Heroism implies an act of courage over and above the call of duty usually for the sake of others.Heroes might include for example a soldier rushing an enemy machine gunpost to stop it firing on his comrades, disarming a live bomb, rescuing an injured colleague whilst under fire etc.No doubt forum members can think of other examples
Having seen all the newspaper pages devoted to Harry, I suspect it is more a PR exercise to show that Harry has done his bit. One does have to wonder though how it was that a US website in a country which is supposed to be an ally leaked the information.
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Nice speech but if you notice I wasn't actually aiming my comments at Harry, its just Kronas didn't seem to think it possible for people to be hero's in an 'unjust' war