This was all photo-ops and damn it if the people bit the bait!

As a former member of the military, I can tell you this "secret deployment" wouldn't have been secret for long. What happened was obvious; he was finally deployed because you cannot send British kids to war while the Royals enjoy the high life and dress like Nazis (like Harry himself did at a party some time ago), not fair is it? Then the military themselves secretly leak the story and the pull him out because of the "concern for the safety of the prince". What's even funnier is that he was patrolling and most of these pictures want to make him look like a regular infantry soldier.

There is a legitimate concern in the age of recorded executions and Islamist sensationalism to protect a someone like Harry but A) He doesn't have to pull infantry duty to serve (geez, even Elvis went to war) and B) He doesn't necessarily stand out from other British soldiers. McCain's son is serving in Iraq and he is of a high profile, since his father is running for president on the platform of that war. This was a stunt by the military in Britain to allay justified criticism that their royals are indeed considered a better breed of people than those they lord over : "Well, he tried to serve but the media outed him!".

What a crock!

I hope this doesn't reslt in the Taliban finding Harry and his mates, they'd make quite a prize.
I'm sure journalists the world over would voice deep regrets as they run that story.

Not only has Drudge endangered Prince Harry's life, but the men he served with. It would seem to me that terrorist strike symbolic targets, and so they would intend to bring harm to the soldiers he stood with for a multimedia event. No one benefits when Drudge decided to endanger Harry's life. The monumental cost of bringing Harry out isn't only expensive, it's taking valuable time away from the work the soldiers are trying to do.

It is repulsive to know that Drudge would be so stupid, so completely immoral to defy the news blackout and put lives in danger for a so-called scoop on his piece-of-garbage blog. He is a bottom feeder, and I hope the UK and the royal family do their best to ruin his career more so than he has done on his own. He has no foresight, no sense of responsibility and no integrity.

He's a Prince of what? He has no political authority and he chose to serve his country, I'm sure there are a lot of Princess's serving in the military but they won't be able to get off the front line because of the " don't ask don't tell " policy!

In other developments, Keith Richards fell out of a date palm somewhere in Anbar Province.

Wars are fought by the common people and not by the elite class. On the battle field, you will never see the rulers but the unknown people. If the war is victorious, the gold medals and honours go to the elite class for their bravery while in the case of a defeat, the poor cry over their sons corpses.
Although Prince Harry went to Afghanistan and didn't stay in his Palace is an honour however, to say that he was on the front line and fought against the Taliban is undermining everyone's intelligence.
The pictures are an evidence of great snapshots by the Royal Family's Photographer. Prince Harry can you please raise you gun and point it , click click. We shouldn't forget that the Taliban control the 2/3's of the country, and Prince Harry on his tour in the streets has a photographer taking pictures click click. Furthermore, the second last picture shows him wearing a camouflage uniform (black,green,brown) that the English aren't wearing in Afghanistan.

What price Drudge gets fucked by the Royal's PR juggernaut? It couldn't happen to a bigger asshole, and it can't happen soon enough.

Shame on the Drudge report for leaking this info. This young man wanted to serve and they have ruin this for him. Now he has to be pulled out to save his life and those around him.

Meanwhile, right wingers will continue to mock Brits and Euros in general as they perceive them as pacifists, cowards, intellectuals, etc.

Matt Drudge and Perez Hilton would make a cute couple. They're both worthless wastes of oxygen. They are parasites overcompensating for the fact that no one ever liked them in junior high.

We're proud of you Harry. Did you bump into any U.S. politicians kids while you were over there?

Go Harry!

Romney Boys, Bush Twins - take note!!!

If Harry is now targeted and killed, the mag ought to be held partially responsible. No wonder most of these "literary" journalist are alcoholics--they can't live with themselves sober.

It matters not that Harry is a Royal.

What matters is that he is a serving officer and a high profile target if identified to those who wish to kill and maim British troops who are in a war zone for no other reason but to help and assist American allies. .

What matters is that this Mr. Drudge has by his foolish and irresponsible behaviour, placed a serving British officer and his mates in greater danger than they need be for no other reason than to gain brownie points and profit for his disreputable newspaper Drudge Report.

What matters is that all British serving officers and men will now wonder loudly if there is any worth in supporting our so called friends and allies in this horrific war if our American allies casually expose our officers and men to the enemy"s fire, not for the benefit of ending this war, but solely for the kudos of a so called world exclusive. .

What matters is that many British serving officers and men will be now asking if they want to respond to American requests for help in a battle zone, if they want to place their lives at risk for an ally who quite wantonly and casually places the lives of British Officers in jeopardy, disregarding their health, safety and welfare, whilst calling themselves our Friend.

What matters now is that British Officers and their men will be questioning whether the Americans are in fact our friends at all and if we British really need such irresponsible, selfish and unreliable friends and allies who place serving troops lives at greater risk than is needed to get the job done.

Careless talk costs lives and your Mr. Drudge has a very loose tongue that has helped those who wish to kill not only British troops, but also your own American service personnel whilst in a battle zone.

The result is that we Brits will take yet another step back from trusting our so-called American allies and friends.

Cromwell

I have a hell of a lot of respect for Prince Harry serving. Unlike some of the college RepubliCONS interviewed in this video at least he had the balls to serve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGit_tZDqs

Personally, I would love to see the draft reinstituted just so some of these little chickenshit chickenhawks could be sent to Iraq or Iran. I know they all seem to have medical problems, the most prevelent being the yellow streak down their back, but send them anyway in support positions.