Prince Harry stays at home

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I could think of ways to capitalize on his presence, but it wouldn't be too politically correct.

Do tell!!

[Miss Z]

Problem is, whilst 3rd in Line to be King Prince Harry is "enjoying the fight" ...
he puts all the other soldiers around him at greatly increased risk of death or injury.

Prince Harry will be a TARGET that every loose screw, radical, terrorist, and wanna-be hero
will be looking for and attempting to capture or kill.
It's not fair to the others in his unit to increase their risks just to satisfy
Prince Harry's desire to "look good" to the Kingdom.

One Prince in battle won't win the war ... why put so many others at increased risk
to satisfy his ego?

/s/ Phred

I don't think Harry wants to 'look good', rather he wishes to serve the nation, as is his royal duty, of which he could potentially be the monarch. In a warzone, I would think that wherever you are you are potentially at risk, accompanied by royals or not. Now I'm no soldier, but I presume that it would be difficult to tell Harry apart from other soldiers wearing the same uniform, from a distance at least. I agree, though, that it would put pressure on his regiment and they would have to be constantly on the move to avoid being spotted and targetted.

Still, I suppose by now the matter was a done deal, there's been so much media hype about the whole thing that they might have well put a map with a big 'X' to represent the prince in an Iraqi newspaper.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I think Harry is a victim of his birth. He seems to be basically a good bloke who wants to do what he can but had the misfortune to be born into "that lot" (there goes my OBE)