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General: Prince Harry won't go to Iraq
charlotte.com ^ | 05-16-2007 | Staff Writer

Posted on 05/16/2007 10:35:29 AM PDT by bedolido

LONDON --Britain's Prince Harry will not be sent with his unit to Iraq, Britain's top general said Wednesday, citing specific threats to the third in line to the throne.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt said the changing situation on the ground exposed the prince to too much danger.


Prince William and Prince Harry, right, parade in suits and bowler hats with the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades' Association, in Hyde Park, London, on Sunday, May 13, 2007. The tradition of officers wearing black bowler hats and carrying umbrellas goes back to the First World War.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: general; harry; iraq; prince; secondposting
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Maybe they'd make fun of him in that silly hat.
1 posted on 05/16/2007 10:35:30 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido

The risk of combat is what peasants are for.


2 posted on 05/16/2007 10:39:53 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Every American killed by a Mexican truck is a homicde committed by our leaders..)
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To: bedolido

Go easy on the kid...we wants to go....its the higher ups who don’t have the backbone.


3 posted on 05/16/2007 10:40:53 AM PDT by Dog
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To: bedolido

Silly hats are a family weakness.


4 posted on 05/16/2007 10:41:21 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Lexington Green

Actually, Harry *wants* to go and has been threatening to resign from the army if he isn’t allowed to deploy with the rest of his unit.

Harry actually wants to make something of himself instead of being a useless national ornament - so give him credit and cut him some slack.


5 posted on 05/16/2007 10:41:49 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Dog
Go easy on the kid...we wants to go....its the higher ups who don’t have the backbone.

I agree... however, he will be king someday and it is wise to protect him. He can't have secret service surrounding him in Iraq.

6 posted on 05/16/2007 10:43:42 AM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: Spktyr

Have you spoken to his highly worthiness?


7 posted on 05/16/2007 10:44:29 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Dog
The higher ups have made the correct decision. The safety of the Paparazzi must take precedent. /s
8 posted on 05/16/2007 10:47:25 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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No, but it seems he did this weird thing called Reading The News Article, in which the Prince stated his disappointment, as opposed to making a snap judgement based on personal opinion. He's tricky like that.

Is embedding a high-profile target in a unit an unacceptable risk? Have similar judgements been made in the past?
9 posted on 05/16/2007 10:48:30 AM PDT by slightlyovertaxed
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To: bedolido

the general who approved his deployment, then cancelled it, claimed there were specfic threats. There must be something like Al Qaeda moles inside the british army base or something that they can’t flush out.


10 posted on 05/16/2007 10:49:41 AM PDT by rogernz
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To: slightlyovertaxed

The weird thing today is believing what you read in a news article.


11 posted on 05/16/2007 10:50:30 AM PDT by DManA
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To: bedolido
the changing situation on the ground exposed the prince to too much danger.

War will do that to ya....

12 posted on 05/16/2007 10:50:34 AM PDT by capydick (What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?)
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To: slightlyovertaxed

Prince Andrew served honorably in the Falkland War - volunteered to fly a helicopter as a missile decoy, and did so.


13 posted on 05/16/2007 10:50:52 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: bedolido

Then what about AFGHANISTAN?................


14 posted on 05/16/2007 10:51:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
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To: bedolido
The tradition of officers wearing black bowler hats and carrying umbrellas goes back to the First World War.

I thought it would be pith helmets and swager sticks!

15 posted on 05/16/2007 10:51:47 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: bedolido

It is extremely unlikely that he will be king. His older brother William will be king before him. And if William has any children, Harry will *never* be king.


16 posted on 05/16/2007 10:51:57 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Prince Andrew served honorably in the Falkland War - volunteered to fly a helicopter as a missile decoy, and did so.

Yes and he was and is a very brave man. However, he is not in the direct line to become king of England.

17 posted on 05/16/2007 10:52:42 AM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: bedolido

Harry is the younger son, not the heir to the throne. They should let him go.


18 posted on 05/16/2007 10:53:39 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Social vs fiscal conservatism? Sorry, I'm not voting my wallet over the broken bodies of the innocen)
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To: Dog

All they have to do is freeze dry his ‘DNA’ and let him go.


19 posted on 05/16/2007 10:54:01 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the solders and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: bedolido
Stick a fork in the House of Windsor, they're done, and the monarchy is done when Liz goes. Nobody wants Charlie to be king (except Camilla), and if Diana's Boys are too fragile to go to war the way Liz's younger son did, then what the bloody h*ll do they need a very expensive monarchy for. The only thing aristocrats were ever good for was their willingness to fight for king and country, and their military prowess. Lose that, even now, and they're just a drag on the economy.
20 posted on 05/16/2007 10:55:37 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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