Have they Thought Prince Harry's Deployment Through
I don't blame Prince Harry for wanting to serve alongside his troops in Iraq, it is a totally commendable attitude. I do hope however, that the powers-that-be have thought this through.
They need to be assured that there is no potential for specific information to be leaked about who is going on patrol when, otherwise there is a specific threat to Prince Harry. I suspect this particular issue has been thought about, the area I would have more concern about is whether his presence will lead to an increase in general attacks on Blues and Royals patrols in the hope of getting a patrol commanded by Prince Harry on the off-chance. If this is a possibility, it means that Prince Harry's presence could lead to an increased threat to our troops.
My concern is that the clamour to provide some more good PR for Prince Harry and a good news Iraq story, some of the negative issues will have been missed. I hope I'm wrong.
They need to be assured that there is no potential for specific information to be leaked about who is going on patrol when, otherwise there is a specific threat to Prince Harry. I suspect this particular issue has been thought about, the area I would have more concern about is whether his presence will lead to an increase in general attacks on Blues and Royals patrols in the hope of getting a patrol commanded by Prince Harry on the off-chance. If this is a possibility, it means that Prince Harry's presence could lead to an increased threat to our troops.
My concern is that the clamour to provide some more good PR for Prince Harry and a good news Iraq story, some of the negative issues will have been missed. I hope I'm wrong.
Labels: Iraq, Prince Harry
posted by Martin Curtis at 9:00 PM
1 Comments:
Unfortunately, if he hadn't been deployed, the usual band of republican grumblers would have begun moaning about what a waste of tax money training him was. The royals are truly damned if they do and damned if they don't.
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