The CO's probably making arrangements to get him out of there now.

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but i doubt it.

in relation to the anti-Muslim film?

As saying they would try to kidnap or kill the prince.

What should alarm people is that the Taliban still seem to be able to strike where they want - in spite of the occupation, money spent & lives lost.

doesn't it.

From the article linked in the OP:

the circumstances surrounding the Prince are strange as well, I've heard it suggested that he was sent to Afghanistan to divert attention form the nude Vegas photos. What a crazy, strange, weird world we live in.

Much more likely that the Vegas thing was a pre-deployment party instead.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=222224

Perhaps there's some official confirmation, now?

attacked by thugs don't just shoot the bastards dead and keep on killing them until they quit. What the hell is the point in keeping guards that can't keep a fundamentalist mob from coming in and murdering people?

and they need to be sent off the planet ASAP. This is not rocket science or even political science, it's thugs against people who didn't do anything wrong.

At the very least we should have flash-bang grenades, sonic weapons, and rubber bullets.

You know, like we use on protesters in OAKLAND.

Keep in mind he also thinks the solution in Afghanistan is "keep killing them until they stop," so he also thinks open warfare is simply that easy too.

of illiterate fundamentalist psychopaths? I would say the same thing if they were Christains or any other gang operating under the umbrella of Religion.

Eventually they come back in bigger numbers and with more weapons.

Wise leaders de-escalate conflicts.

when I was ducking incoming mortar rounds and small arms fire.

with a few airstrikes on critical assets and all this BS will stop.

They spend a small company of insurgents and a couple of thousand dollars of their own to kill one US soldier, you spend/expend tens of millions chasing the wind and building up ill will by taking revenge on women and children.

And when presented with opportunity, just ONE of them all too often manages to take out several of our own boys, with a weapon we put in his hands for "training purposes".

The United States has already beggared itself pursuing the wars it already has and you want to double down?

There is no Afghan war. Afghanis by and large support the US and its Afghan allies.

The REAL war is in Pakistan. You silence Pakistan and Afghans will be free.

The cost of a few airstrikes to destroy Pakistani military and intelligence capabilities will be the difference between winning the Afghan war and losing it so badly that as soon as we leave, terrorist elements take over and repeat something like 9/11.

always curious who is pulling what strings, as it seem the Bremer, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz, have suddenly appeared en scene this past week starting on 9/11 when the coordinated attacks on the President's ability to handle the ME. Curious...

Why won't they go back to their undisclosed locations and STAY there?

So this is probably about that - not necessarily connected

Mitt and Paul could never make the same claim.

an oncoming train.

Jump on the team and come on in for the big win?

The problem with fighting a guerrilla insurgency is getting the enemy to mass their forces on a field of your choosing where you can bring superior firepower to bear. Harry is catnip to the Taliban and they are taking advantage of it. They will probably move him to a remote base and keep it a poorly guarded secret.

This would be done with (Prince) Captain Wales's consent, I presume?

He's no better than third in line to the throne, I think, and as soon as he's an uncle, pretty expendable in a geopolitical sense.

Call it the dues he has to pay for a long future life of aristocratic privilege.

He's the cheese.

No press release or news conference has been scheduled by the Romney/Ryan campaign regarding this attack. Lack of any possible political gain has been cited.

Unharmed, thank goodness, after the attack. Harry's presence there is not very helpful.