This type of leadership impresses me to no end. Prince Harry didn’t just request to be sent to the front lines, he demanded it. And equally impressive is the restraint shown by both the Ministry of Defense and the tabloid driven British media, sitting on a bombshell of a story for what appears to be all the right reasons. But, for the same reason that Prince Harry was denied a deployment to Iraq, the Ministry of Defense will now be forced to separate the royal from his men. He’s simply too rich of a target, and the knowledge that he’s active in what is certainly the hottest combat zone in the CENTCOM AOR undoubtedly has the area’s sizable Taliban and al Qaeda contingent licking their lips like hungry wolves. This doesn’t just place Prince Harry at unnecessary risk, but his entire regiment. Tragedy that it is to part an effective platoon leader from his troops, the MoD has little choice.
