Britain's Prince Harry May Command Troops In Iraq...

[Drolefille]

So, how hard is it to go to the same school as your little brother, military academy or no?

[AlphaSigOU]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

So, how hard is it to go to the same school as your little brother, military academy or no?

It helps to be to be in the line of Royal succession... (No, Sandhurst isn't that exclusive.)

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_M...demy_Sandhurst

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AlphaSigOU

It helps to be to be in the line of Royal succession... (No, Sandhurst isn't that exclusive.)

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_M...demy_Sandhurst

Yeah I looked it up I'm a nerd too.

I'm sure it does help, but to be Behind your little brother, military school or not

[Kevin]

This is a much different type of warfare though. I'd think a British Prince over in Iraq would be too much of a target for a kidnapping.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Kevin

This is a much different type of warfare though. I'd think a British Prince over in Iraq would be too much of a target for a kidnapping.

True, but there's a level of "this shit you don't want" in that. On September 11, I remember some Palestinian group taking responsibility for the attacks. Shortly after this the leader of the group came out and denied it. Though they might ordinarily take credit for things, there is some shit they don't want to touch.

Either prince's fellow soldiers would not let him go willingly, and the last thing they should want to do is piss off England to the point where they realign themselves more strongly with the US.

Not saying they wouldn't do it, just that it's stupid.

[Kevin]

Then your contention is that your average jihadist in Iraq is smart?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Then your contention is that your average jihadist in Iraq is smart?

The average jihadist will be of average intelligence by definition. Seriously though, they have leaders of at least moderate intelligence. The truly stupid ones wouldn't make it very far.

Besides I'm not denying the possibility, just acknowledging the idiocy of it. Whether Will should be on the ground in Iraq is a much different question than whether Harry should be. Just on the basis of succession alone.

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by Kevin

This is a much different type of warfare though. I'd think a British Prince over in Iraq would be too much of a target for a kidnapping.

The odds of that happening... well it just wouldn't - the Blue and Royals would literally die to a man stopping that; it's part of their job description as the Household Cavalry.

But face it the Royals in the military have always faced some threat, and the threat of terrorist attacks is nothing new for them either (ie. the IRA). So operating under an elevated level of threat is pretty much par for the course.

[RACooper]

Well it looks like the speculation about Prince Harry deploying to Iraq is picking up again, with the MoD dismissing a newspaper report that he'd deploy by the end of the month as "entirely speculative"... of course if troop rotations keep to the standard pattern late spring is a strong possibility.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6372291.stm

[CutiePie2000]

I have a hard time believing that he'll see battle.