I agree - this has nothing to do with the value of his life vs. anyone elses life. It's the fact that he is such a high profile target and he jeopardizes the safety of every one around him. The person who sent him over there is an idiot. It would be like putting one of the Bush girls on the frontlines. If Harry was captured alive then the captors would have the British Govt. by the balls. There would be tremendous public pressure to do what it takes to get him released and if it didn't happen you would have another one of those beheadings captured on tape and distributed to the media. There are tons of possible negative consequences to having him there. There would be numerous bounties on his head. Everyone in Afghanistan would be gunning for him if they knew he was in town.