"There is no way I am going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country," -- Prince Harry on his deployment to Iraq
That's not their fault. The PBI always gets shat upon. He's naive, of course, but it's still a decent sentiment - not wanting to be "protected", I mean. Ali
Hear, hear. The Army just do as their told regardless of the rights & wrongs of the situation. Imagine how shitty it must be to face death every day for something you disagree with. I admire the lad for wanting to be with his men but I bet there'll be a hell of a price on the poor sods head. Prince Harry in a shite video on TV in an orange overall would be quite a coup for the baddies. I wonder if our "non negotiation" policy would hold firm then.
I doubt he has much choice in the matter. And if he did use his privileged to stay at home I'm sure you'd be amoungst the first to condemn him. At least he's got a proper job and he's getting his hands dirty.
He didn't choose his destiny, though. And he could have sat on his arse. No argument from me on that. I can rant on the so-called royal family at length, but will spare y'all. It starts somewhere around "I ain't no bleeding subject" and goes via Charlie boy being unable to move without fourteen retainers...... Heh. Ali
I've more time for those that actually try to do the proper thing, unlike simply commanding a minesweeper. Harry's uncle wasn't given any real concessions in the Argie unpleasantness. Ali
I think you're making a serious under-estimation of his mental ability here. Remember, he's a ginger, and has been smart enough to find a job where he's allowed to cover it up with a hat and look like everyone else.
Hmmm. This is shrewd long-range planning by the Battenbergs, perhaps. Ginger Thicky gets killed, or kidnapped'n'tortured'n'killed. That way [privately] the cuckoo-in-the-nest bastard Hewitty genes are taken permanently out of the equation, plus [publicly] there's a hyooge surge of national sympathy for the rest of the family; thus buying the evil Greek-German crime syndicate a few more years before they're all up put against the wall! [Wanders off, muttering ever more outlandish conspiracy theories ...]
