Is Harry Even In Afghanistan?

[Kerosene]

http://news.uk.msn.co...during-taliban-attack

The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, declares on BBC's Newsnight that Prince Harry is definitely in Afghanistan and was at Camp Bastion during the recent storming of it by 'insurgents', and that he was then 'moved'.

Hammond adds fuel to the fire by - of course - deliberately refusing to disclose any further details. Quel surpris!

Is this all an elaborate governmental ruse to try and fool the Taliban into thinking that 'His Royal Harryness' is where they - the Taliban - would like to believe he was, when in actual fact he's possibly not even in the country?

Finally, is it said to make us believe that Harry is indeed out there amongst the muck and bullets in just as much danger as any other squaddie?

[ichkeria]

Why would the government want the Taliban to think Prince Harry was in Afghanistan if he wasn't?
Also, I don't think he's a squaddie and as such probably not in the same danger perhaps anyway.

[Ann]

Just announced that 1 in 5 servicemen killed in Afghanistan this year were killed by Afghan forces, not the Taliban. Surely that proves we are just not wanted or appreciated out there. Bring our boys home immediately.

[starone]

The Government would not allow Harry to be in any danger. If he gets injured or even killed there would be hell to pay and there would be nobody more surprised than me. The day when the kings and princes led their troops into battle have long gone past. Rest assured he is not in the thick of the battles although they would like you to believe that he is.

[jackthehat]

Oh, for heaven's sake!

He is no longer a Squaddie in the Army, he is now a serving officer in the Army Air Corps. He will be flying in Apache Helicopters and carrying out his duties from the air.

[tenrec]

I read somewhere that he was taken to a secure bunker when it all kicked off.

[tenrec]

They said he was a captain.

[LoftyLottie]

So the government would lie and say that Harry is out there, so that the taliban would especially target the area and put others in danger? Makes a great deal of sense, doesn't it.................. ;o)

Personally, I do not think he should be out there for the sake of others' safety and I too believe the troops should be withdrawn immediately. They are never going to achieve a thing.

[Kerosene]

jack,

Get off your high horse, he's a captain in the Blues and Royals who is on an attachment to the Army Air Corps, so it doesn't exactly make him Baron von Richthofen, does it?

Lottie,(and Ichkeria)

'put others in danger'. The government couldn't do that more if they tried.That's exactly what ours, and others, have been doing since 2001 in Afghanistan.

Politicians....caring about our squaddies? Yeah right! You only have to tune into PM's Questions where all is solemn for about a minute as Cameron reads the latest list of casualties....then contrast that with the ensuing bun fight during the next 29 minutes? That's how sincere those people really are!

[jackthehat]

Do you actually understand any of what you type?

He is now a Captain in the AAC and will be flying Apache helicopters. He is no longer a 'foot-soldier'.

[ummmm]

Jack...do you want me to post a wall? Again?

[ummmm]

http://4.bp.blogspot....00/bang+head+here.bmp

[ichkeria]

I'll try again (tho' heaven knows why)
Why would the government want the Taliban to think Prince Harry was in Afghanistan if he wasn't?
Your logic seems to run as follows:
"The government want to needlessly endanger the lives of British servicemen/women by sending them to Afghanistan and therefore it follows that they are probably making that worse by pretending that Harry is there when in fact he;s probably in a bar somewhere playing strip billiards" (ok I made the last bit up - probably)

[Kerosene]

jack + ummmm,

Do you actually appreciate what 'an attachment' is in military terminology? Obviously not, otherwise you'd know, as I do from such experience, that a serviceman is, I'll simplify it for you both, 'on loan' in the kind of sense that a footballer can be. It doesn't mean they've been transferred permanently to the other team, just temporarily and will return to their parent team at the end of their loan spell.

There...I can't help you by simplifying it any further, can I?

Oh, and jack, can you show me where I called him a 'foot soldier' ?

[ichkeria]

"Oh, and jack, can you show me where I called him a 'foot soldier' ?"

Sorry to reply for someone else, but squaddie = foot soldier

[jackthehat]

I understand exceedingly well.
He has now transferred to AAC.....he wears a light-blue AAC beret, but with the Blues and Royals cap badge as this is his 'mother-unit'.

He is now, and ever will be, a helicopter pilot. His days of being a 'foot-soldier' (my words, which I felt were appropriate to distinguish him from any other type of 'soldier') are now ended. He will not engage the enemy on foot-patrol with rifle in hand.....he will be in his Apache.

[ummmm]

Jacks son = pilot.

She knows more than you!!

[Kerosene]

jack,

Thank you, you have, albeit grudgingly and partially, admitted your error which I appreciate greatly because I would suspect that your earlier comments were made through not having 'military' experience. Fair enough. I bear you no malice.

ummmm,

You clearly cannot bring yourself to apologise for your childish link. Anyway, as you are a person from the Irish Republic, perhaps you can also be forgiven as someone most probably with - guessing here - no real knowledge of how the British Army operates in a war zone?

ichkeria,

Wrong! Another most probably with nil idea of British military jargon / nicknames? Am I right?

[jackthehat]

LoL.....nice try, but only one of us has shown themselves up for being foolish on this thread.

Clue : It's not me.

[tonyav]

LOL.

[ichkeria]

"Wrong! Another most probably with nil idea of British military jargon / nicknames? Am I right? "

If you mean the squaddie/foot solder equivalence, then I have my friend the dictionary next to me. Of course, there may be some other more specialised meaning for either of these in military jargon.