Prince Harry and Prince Aston Martin
Posted by Ajith on February 29, 2008
Prince Harry has been fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, his presence there kept secret until Thursday in a remarkable deal between the British military and news media.
British military officials confirmed that Harry, 23, third in line to the British throne, deployed to Afghanistan on Dec. 14 and has been fighting Taliban forces from a forward operating base in southern Helmand province.
When the news was posted Thursday on the Drudge Report Web site, British newspapers and television stations instantly rolled out extensive special reports on the first British royal to see combat since the Falklands War more than 25 years ago. Those reports included lengthy taped interviews with Harry just before his deployment in December and last week at his Afghan base. Photos and video showed Harry firing a machine gun, patrolling on foot in full combat gear in an Afghan village and washing his socks in a camp sink.
“All my wishes have come true,” Harry told reporters in last week’s camp interview, wearing a brown military T-shirt and camouflage pants and noting that he had not showered in four days. “It’s very nice to be sort of a normal person for once; I think it’s about as normal as I’m going to get,” said Harry, now addressed with his rank as Cornet Wales. “It’s much better being here experiencing it rather than hearing all the stories of people coming back.”
Unfortunately, in Sri Lanka, the circumstances are entirely different. We have enough ‘CARDBOARD HEROES’ to fight the war only with words, but when it comes to making a real contribution they always back leaving the poor rural youth to be sent to war front, so that the powerful political leaders’ sons can enjoy life in London, Paris and New York, taking their girlfriends to clubs in Aston Martins. These self proclaimed ‘PATRIOTIC’ and ‘BRAVE’ fathers never think it is their duty to send their sons to the battle front to save the ‘RATA-JAATHIYA and AAGAMA’ (country, race and religion) they talk so much about. It is always the poor youth that sacrifice their lives in North and East, while all the fighting the politicians’ sons do is at clubs bashing innocent people.
Is this because our war-promoting political leaders just think that their words (uttered with clenched fists, of course) per se will win the war so no more commitment from their families necessary or just value the lives of poor rural youth so low or they just value the lives of poor rural youth so low?
February 29, 2008 at 9:56 am
In other news, Praba’s son and daughter are recieving quality education from British universities while brainwashed masses in the North, the very people Praba has sworn to protect, are being asked to sacrifice their lives.
February 29, 2008 at 6:03 pm
This is true. Of course, there’s a problem in that you seem to assume parents can ’send’ their children to the battlefield. In reality, Harry wanted to go to war; if Namal doesn’t, that’s his choice. Who his father is, is a different issue. Where he can be judged better is if he ever enters politics. In that case, Ajith, I hope you kick his ass.
March 1, 2008 at 9:55 am
If one take up military training he or she must go for real war.if not just stay at home without any military training.
During the airport attack there were over 1000 guys in the air force compound who were not permitted to use any weapons because they joined air force for non combat work.
March 1, 2008 at 11:23 am
Is that Price Aston Martin riding on his father’s back on the first photo?