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- Jul 6, 2003
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maffew said:what a coup prince Harry would be for a suicide bomber
Yeah, but if they were half bright they could do that at a London nightclub
maffew said:what a coup prince Harry would be for a suicide bomber
Buzzer said:I know - I was in the middle of some work whilst replying. Saw your edit after I'd posted mine. Still a valid question though, why you don't seem to think they're British enough for you.
edna krabappel said:I
Don't tell me the old boys network at the top of the British Army didn't pull a few strings to find Harry's regiment a slightly cushier placing (relatively speaking).
edna krabappel said:
My point is that we'll surely now have to endure months of toadying Harry-Front-Line-Updates from the likes of the Mail, telling us how brave the poor lad's being, how he's quite probably winning the war single handedly in fact.
Icy Gull said:It's all a bit hazy now but I seem to recall Andrew being a helicopter pilot involved in airlifting from stricken ships in the Falklands with Argentine fighters never too far away. Do you consider he had some strings pulled for him or was it all tabloid bollocks and he was nver at any risk at all?
maffew said:bit of a dumb move I reckon. If he is anywhere near the front line surely its just going to put all his colleagues at more risk. what a coup prince Harry would be for a suicide bomber
pointless
cardboard said:Im not fussed about the Britishness bit at all.
I don't believe anyone should be treated as better than anyone else etc. When in my opinion have done nothing to warrant it.
Icy Gull said:It's all a bit hazy now but I seem to recall Andrew being a helicopter pilot involved in airlifting from stricken ships in the Falklands with Argentine fighters never too far away. Do you consider he had some strings pulled for him or was it all tabloid bollocks and he was nver at any risk at all?
I doubt that Harry will be allowed to be anything but high profile given who he is and where he is personally.
Uncle Buck said:The story goes that by the time they realised Andrew was part of the task force he was half way there, so too late to pull him out.
Then alledgedly the person responsible for monitoring the ongoing situations in the South Atlantic though the Falklands were a coffee stain on his map.
Buzzer said:How do you send a task force halfway to the Falklands before you realise that the 2nd in line to the throne is onboard. Considering the newspapers back then were unstintingly Royal, it might just have got a mention in one or two papers.
Uncle Buck said:The story goes that by the time they realised Andrew was part of the task force he was half way there, so too late to pull him out.
HampshireSeagulls said:Right...
Andrew went down South because he was a helicopter pilot and was attached to a ship. There was never any question of taking him off. The guy might be a grade 1 cock, but he did what was asked of him, and did it exceptionally well. Easy to criticise when your main concern is whether the kettle is full or not.....
Uncle Buck said:The closer truth I am guessing was that it was known that his section was part of the task force, but the dilema was if they pulled him out it is seen as special treatment, however if he got shot out of the sky you either lose the then third in line (I think William had been born by then) to the throne or the enemy pick him up and have a nice bit of propaganda.