Harry’s writings have international resonance. In addition to undoubtedly irritating his family to a great degree, the prince’s confidences in his soon-to-be-published autobiography draw the ire of the army upon him.
The prince’s ravings about his feats of arms in Afghanistan are, in fact, hardly in keeping with traditional military discretion. Because if the army is not nicknamed “the great mute”, its soldiers are bound to a certain degree of confidentiality about their actions on the ground.
“Great stupidity”
“You must not speak to the press, sell articles or photos without the authorization of your commanding officer,” so it is written on the website of the British army.
“This is not how you behave in the army,” Colonel Tim Collins commented in the Independent columns.
For him, Harry has “turned his back on his other family, the army, which once took him in, having demolished his birth family.”
Others underline the ridiculous and even dangerous side of the prince’s statements.
“This is naive, dirty stupidity on the part of Harry, his publisher and his ghostwriter,” said Major Chip Chapman, at the Radio Times Microphone.
“Big Mouth”
“Harry is no longer in the military, but these things are still sensitive, and for him looking for security and discretion, he has just exposed himself to all manner of jihadists and kooks.”
Taliban leader Agha Gol also called the prince a “mouthy man” and challenged him to return to Afghanistan “if he is a real man.”
The youngest son of King Charles III spent 10 years in the British Army, with two deployments to Afghanistan, in 2007-2008 for 10 weeks, then as a helicopter pilot in the south of the country from September 2012 to January 2013. He resigned in 2015 because he could not return to the courts.
in his book alternate Published next Tuesday but of which some newspapers have already obtained a copy, the exiled prince in California says that he learned as part of his training to kill enemies and that it was part of his job: “We shoot when necessary, we take a life to save a life.”
“chess pieces”
According to TelegramHe says of his second deployment that he was able to count the number of his victims thanks to cameras aboard his Apache helicopter.
“It seemed essential to me not to be afraid of this number. So the number for me is 25. It is not a number that fills me with satisfaction, nor does it embarrass me,” writes the 38-year-old prince.
He says that he considered these victims as “chess pieces” removed from the game, as his training foresees because it is impossible to kill a target “if we consider it as a person.”
“Personally, if I had advised the prince, I would have advised him not to go into detail as he does here,” Lord Kim Darroch, a former national security adviser, was interviewed by Sky News on Friday.
“I love you Harry but you really need to shut up. We were wondering who she’s dating. If they were good people someone would have told her to stop by now,” tweeted a veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2008 and lost. one arm and one leg there.
Source: BFM TV
