Reply to: Should He Stay or Should He Go?

[MarillionFan]

Imagine if Harry went, got captured and beheaded.

If Arch Duke Ferdi caused ww1, then surely our Kraut Royal family would be pushing to nuke the whole of the Middle East.

[BrilloPad]

AS long as he doesn't wear his Nazi uniform all the time I'm sure he'll be fine

[threaded]

"Beyond the Fringe" by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.

Correct, don't you just wish they did comedy like that nowadays.

[wobbegong]

What was that from?

"Beyond the Fringe" by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.

[wendigo100]

That's what they signed up for as well. They're already in a disproportionate amount of danger just by being sent over there.

No Bob, disproportionate means compared with the other regiments, which will require special procedures, which could make sending him not worth while.

In any case, as I said, he is not complaining, which was the tenet of your original post.

Not that I like him much anyway. Did anyone list him in the tw@tting thread?

[Bluebird]

Go.

Only problem is that if he does go and gets killed, no doubt there will be inquiries for years and years using up loads of public money - as per his mum, so on second thoughts stay.

Save a whole load of lives and money - no brainer really...

[Cowboy Bob]

Even if his presence puts his men in a disproportionate amount of danger?

That's what they signed up for as well. They're already in a disproportionate amount of danger just by being sent over there. Me, I'm not in danger from being blown up in Iraq simply because I haven't signed up for the army. These people made that choice when they signed up, there's no backing out now. No sympathy here I'm afraid. If you sign up to be cannon fodder, then you can't expect to not be treated like it.

[wendigo100]

"I want you to lay down your life, Perkins."
"Right sir!"
"We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war."
"Yessir!"
"Get up in a crate, Perkins."
"Sah!"
"Pop over to Bremen."
"Yessir!"
"Take a shufti."
"Right sir!"
"And don't come back."
"Yessir"
"Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too."
"Goodbye Sah! – Or is it au revoir?"
"No, Perkins."

What was that from?

[Churchill]

"I want you to lay down your life, Perkins."
"Right sir!"
"We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war."
"Yessir!"
"Get up in a crate, Perkins."
"Sah!"
"Pop over to Bremen."
"Yessir!"
"Take a shufti."
"Right sir!"
"And don't come back."
"Yessir"
"Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too."
"Goodbye Sah! – Or is it au revoir?"
"No, Perkins."

Splendid - as usual!

[threaded]

"I want you to lay down your life, Perkins."
"Right sir!"
"We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war."
"Yessir!"
"Get up in a crate, Perkins."
"Sah!"
"Pop over to Bremen."
"Yessir!"
"Take a shufti."
"Right sir!"
"And don't come back."
"Yessir"
"Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too."
"Goodbye Sah! – Or is it au revoir?"
"No, Perkins."

[wobbegong]

No. Minister visits are quick. You couldn't keep Harry's presence anywhere a secret for a whole tour!

Absolutely correct, but why exacerbate the problem by giving such detailed advance warning?

[wendigo100]

If he's signed up to the army, he should go. That is what he volunteered for. If he refuses to go, he should be thrown out of the army and court martialled as a deserter.

Even if his presence puts his men in a disproportionate amount of danger?

A few years ago, would you have strolled about Tehran with Salman Rushdie?

Anyway, he's not refusing to go. The report says that: "Harry had threatened to quit the Army if he was not allowed to serve in a conflict."

[wendigo100]

I don't get it. When even a relatively minor government minister goes over for a "morale building" or "fact finding" visit, the press are told the day afterwards.

Yet in this case his unit, the town he'll be serving in, and when he can reasonably be expected to be "at home to callers", have all been common knowledge for months.

A cynic might see the abduction and/or murder of a minor (but nonetheless, troublesome) member of the royal family, as a potential way to regain flagging public support for action in the region?

No. Minister visits are quick. You couldn't keep Harry's presence anywhere a secret for a whole tour!

[wobbegong]

I don't get it. When even a relatively minor government minister goes over for a "morale building" or "fact finding" visit, the press are told the day afterwards.

Yet in this case his unit, the town he'll be serving in, and when he can reasonably be expected to be "at home to callers", have all been common knowledge for months.

A cynic might see the abduction and/or murder of a minor (but nonetheless, troublesome) member of the royal family, as a potential way to regain flagging public support for action in the region?

[Cowboy Bob]

If he's signed up to the army, he should go. That is what he volunteered for. If he refuses to go, he should be thrown out of the army and court martialled as a deserter.