Should Prince Harry go to Iraq?

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Action Jackson

Yes, I agree, but how close did he actually come to the 'real' action?

Don't know, seem to remember reading one of his jobs was to act as a decoy to exocet missiles though

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Action Jackson

Yes, I agree, but how close did he actually come to the 'real' action?

Real action????

God you're full of it. The fact that he was a navy helecopter pilot in a task force that was completely naval??

The fact that we lost several ships means he was as much at risk as anyone.

He may not have been a cobat pilot, or been in the infantry but he still could have quite easily have been on a ship that was hit by a exocet.

BTW Have you served in the military???

[Action Jackson]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Real action????

God you're full of it. The fact that he was a navy helecopter pilot in a task force that was completely naval??

The fact that we lost several ships means he was as much at risk as anyone.

He may not have been a cobat pilot, or been in the infantry but he still could have quite easily have been on a ship that was hit by a exocet.

BTW Have you served in the military???

So what was his involvement then if he wasn't a combat pilot?


Point is, there's no way that a royal family member is going to be put in the front line of a war for obvious reasons(the enemy taking down a royal would be a major propaganda coup for them and a disaster for us).

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Action Jackson

So what was his involvement then if he wasn't a combat pilot?


Point is, there's no way that a royal family member is going to be put in the front line of a war for obvious reasons(the enemy taking down a royal would be a major propaganda coup for them and a disaster for us).

He was a seaking pilotas I recall, undertaking whatever operations they did. AFAIK, two things they were used for was to deploy sonar, extend radar warning coverage.

Being a helecopter pilot was what he was trained for before the war started, and when he went to war he did the job he was trained for. If he was trained as an infantry man like Harry or william no doubt he would have done that also

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Action Jackson

So what was his involvement then if he wasn't a combat pilot?


Point is, there's no way that a royal family member is going to be put in the front line of a war for obvious reasons(the enemy taking down a royal would be a major propaganda coup for them and a disaster for us).

Helicopters aren't normally meant for combat, his jobs would have been casualty evacuation and the like, besides I would say missile decoy is a pretty dangerous job

I believe that the family insisted he served as well, against the advice of the MOD

[marky]

Harry go to iraq, mmmmmmmm "no"
Theres to much media hype about it making him the golden egg for the terrorists.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Helicopters aren't normally meant for combat, his jobs would have been casualty evacuation and the like, besides I would say missile decoy is a pretty dangerous job

I believe that the family insisted he served as well, against the advice of the MOD

That will upset all the combatant killed and tanks destroyed by Apache helicopters, then.....

Andrew was in the thick of the action in the Falklands, just like the rest of the Navy and Army (and the occasional Vulcan - the plane, not Mr Spock ).
BBC

"Famously, he flew as a so-called Exocet decoy to protect warships from missile attack. Throughout the war he flew on various combat missions, helped in casualty evacuation, transport, and search and air rescue."

Action, if you are going to disparage people, including royals, it might be worth getting your facts right first.........

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

That will upset all the combatant killed and tanks destroyed by Apache helicopters, then.....

Hence the use of the words aren't normally, mind you a few of those might have come in handy during the Falklands

[Mike]

Originally Posted by marky

Harry go to iraq, mmmmmmmm "no"
Theres to much media hype about it making him the golden egg for the terrorists.

I agree they will just target UK troups in the hope of striking lucky.

I just think wrong choice of carrer.....they could/should have thought of this before !

Mike

[jkat]

yes harry should go to war! and "Piloting a Sea King helicopter of 820 Naval Air Squadron, Prince Andrew was first to lift off survivors after the Atlantic Conveyor was hit by an exocet missile." I remember it well although I'm not a royalist he certainly had bottle.

[Action Jackson]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Action, if you are going to disparage people, including royals, it might be worth getting your facts right first.........

Actually, if you look at my posts you will see that I was asking questions, not stating facts.


Foreverwar, if you are going to disparage people, including myself......

I said no and stated my reasons last time this was discussed

[chamoan]

If you or i sign up, would we get special treatment not to go to iraq, NO! why should he, so what if he is a royal, he is not first inline to the throne, and not that being first inline to it really counts for much these days, the royals are more a public figure than important decision makers of this country.

For hundreds of years leaders of there country's have sent everyday man to fight on there behalf, i dont see why they shouldnt fight for there own country also.

If he got captured there will be a big media circus of how silly it was to send him, if he dont go it will be oh he gets special treatment, so he cannot win and for that i do pity the guy cos its not of his own doing.

1 thing that i would be suspicious of, is if he did get killed, how long would it be before the politicans spin came that it was iranian terrorists an lets go start a war with them.

If they blow him away then they have a victory whether they know where he is or not he is still at risk no way should someone so close to the throne go to a war zone

[DocDutch]

dont know what to say 1 part says YES let him go and serve with his troop as he is their troop leader.

but the reasons for NO would be too much of a tempting target, as soon as Harry would be captured he would be paraded in Teheran within hours.

if he does get sent out I hope that nothing will happen to the troops around him as yes he would be a prime target, even if the insurgents lost 2000 troops to capture him that would be victory.