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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2008 13:22:00 GMT -5
Normally stay away from world affairs on here but I'm really disgusted today because the American media (The Drudge Report) revealed that Prince Harry has been serving in combat situations in Afgahnistan. Apparently the U.K. media had agreed to keep the fact quiet because it would have obviously put Harry and his mates in additional danger.
My hat goes off to Harry and the back of my hand to Matt Drudge.
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Post by Randy on Feb 28, 2008 13:40:42 GMT -5
Way to go Harry!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2008 15:12:23 GMT -5
Sorry Stephenn. A a former member of the 4th Estate, my may concern was American media getting involved in your concerns. But you are correct--that's something I have pointed out here and on other forums.
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Post by PeterW on Feb 28, 2008 18:31:17 GMT -5
I felt I had to join in here. I agree with your mentioning this, Wayne. This has always been a group of friends with a relatively easy attitude towards OT topics, hence the One Step Beyond section.
I agree with our staying away from politics, war issues and racial issues, but yours wasn't a comment on politics. Nor on war except incidentally. It was a comment on the cheap publicity-seeking arrogance of an American commentator revealing something that all other commentators, after being requested not to, had refrained from mentioning. That's called respect, but I doubt that Mr. Drudge would understand the meaning of the word.
It has always been a tradition that members of the British royal family who are serving in the armed services go, without favour, wherever their regiment, ship or squadron goes, into combat or not. In world war I the future George VI was a midshipman aboard HMS Collingwood at the Battle of Jutland. Harry's uncle, Prince Andrew, served in the Royal Navy for 22 years as a helicopter pilot, seeing combat service during the Falklands War in 1982. For Mr. Drudge's benefit it's called duty.
And it's not all that long ago - 265 years, which is a mere blink of an eye in English history, and only 32 years before the American War of Independence - that a reigning king of England, George II, led his cavalry against a larger number of French troops in a stronger position at the battle of Dettingen in 1743. George won.
BTW, Stephenn, Harry wasn't kept in positions of safety. At one time he was the ground controller with the Ghurkas directing air strikes against the Taliban only 500 metres from their position.
Appropriately, in Shakespeare's Henry V, the last line of Henry's speech to his troops before he led his army into battle at Agincourt was, "Cry God for Harry, England and Saint George!"
OK, I'm off my soapbox.
PeterW
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Post by davesworld on Feb 28, 2008 19:05:50 GMT -5
Bravo Peter and stay safe Harry! He is one hell of a nice guy, so similar to his lovely late mother.
Dave
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Post by nikonbob on Feb 28, 2008 20:10:44 GMT -5
Peter
Well said.
Bob
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 28, 2008 23:31:38 GMT -5
The news here in the US says Harry was outed by an Australian Magazine.
Sorry about dragging all of you into Afghanistan....But you know America.. If we'd just have minded our own business, my grandfather and father wouldn't have had to have gone on the 1917 and 1943 'Visit England, then see France and die' tour.
I missed out on England and France. All I got was the 'See what a wonderful job Europeans did in French Indo-China' tour... at least all the road signs were still in French, so it was a little bit of France after all.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by alexkerhead on Feb 29, 2008 0:45:10 GMT -5
Yeah, politics on a camera forum is probably a bad idea. To many people with too differencing opinions.
However, all, remember, opinions are like asses(bums), everyone has them, but nobody cares.
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