Leave Prince Harry Alone

I'm not much bothered by the Royal family. They're there. It's fine. The tourists really seem to like them.

But leave Harry the fuck alone. The guy wants to do his tour. He should have been allowed to. It's not just his life that's put at greater risk when his deployment is known. It's everyone around him. And your story does not trump lives. LIVES you jumped up, arrogant little assholes.

In case you don't know what I am ranting on about it's the news that Prince Harry was deployed to Afghanistan 10 weeks ago and that the British agreed media blackout over that info. Please note: the media were told in advance of his actual deployment. Otherwise they couldn't have agreed to keep it quiet. It turns out that an Australian magazine reported it and an American website also. So now it's out and Harry may have to be pulled out. Way to go losers.

He trained to be a soldier, he wants to serve. He doesn't seem to think he's all that different from any other soldier. It's nice he thinks that way but he is different. Not necessarily better, just different. He is a member of the Royal family. That makes him different. As a soldier that makes him an even bigger target than other soldiers. Not nice but true. It also, apparently , makes him more important than those other soldiers in some peoples opinion. 'Cause I haven't seen too much on all the other soldiers deployed. All those other fucking brave men and women in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fuck what I think of the actual wars, I stand by our troops. Yeah it is actually possible to oppose war while supporting the troops involved. I want every last one of them home safe.

And back to my original rant. I seem to have wandered a little.

Some people think the media blackout in the UK was irresponsible and it's good that it has been broken. Explain that to me. Please, do. Irresponsible how ? In the possibly getting people killed kind of way ? No ? They would have released the information as soon as Harry was back. But the need for a scoop means that a great big frickin' target has been painted over him, and everyone in his vicinity. Anyone who doesn't think that those soldiers are now at greater risk of attack in an attempt to hit an heir to the throne . . . . . take your stupidity elsewhere. I don't actually have anything to say to you.

According to someone on the news that I didn't catch the name of knowing that Harry was out there would have been a moral boost for the troops who are also there. I got the impression from other sources that quite a few soldiers knew he was there. Like those serving alongside him. And perhaps they did get a moral boost from it, I don't know 'cause they didn't feel the need to shout about it. Wonder if that was anything to do with a possible increase in danger if the information was out there ? Hmmmmm.