It looks like Prince Harry is going to be on the frontlines in Iraq very soon.
Prince Harry will be deployed with his regiment, the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, on the frontline in south-eastern Iraq next month despite concerns among military commanders that he might attract fire from insurgents and rogue elements within Shia militias.
In my opinion, its nice to finally see someone of privilage having to sacrifice.
The official said a decision to keep the prince at home while his regiment went to Iraq would provide insurgents with a “tremendous propaganda coup”. Such a decision would be taken after discussions with General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the army, and almost certainly with Prince Charles and the Queen.
This seems the main difference right the US and Britain in their approach to war. No one in the Bush administration or the media is even thinking of sending their children off to Iraq.
This month has the been the bloodiest for the British army in Iraq since 2003 with 11 soldiers killed. Defence sources said they had no ready explanation for the surge but one theory is that insurgents are more confident that more attacks will hasten the withdrawal of British troops.
The Prince has said he doesn’t want to sit on his “arse” while his boys were fighting for their country. Maybe the Bushes should take that to heart.
