The kid is tough no doubt about it, he loves to kill things whether fox hunting or bird shooting, animals or humans not much difference.

England should be proud of their royal soldier and their imperialistic tradition of going to war and subjugating every country in the world, only now they have America to pick up where they left off. The sun will never set on the Anglo-American Empire.

We are all proud of you Mr. Macho man for your willingness to kill humans on command; it beats the hell out of wimpy diplomacy, now you can cavort with Bush-Cheney and their fellow gung ho red neck warmongers in America.

"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today." JFK

Why is this a story? For me a few thoughts spring to mind:

In its war on terror in Afghanistan, the current US administration has contributed 'political leadership' which involves; officially lying to its allies about extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo, friendly fire, contempt for allied judicial procedures, insulting the troops that the US's allies have put into the field and generally criticizing the level of effort these allies have made. (A sport Obama Barack has just joined in with).

A couple of interesting facts, from NATO"s website: the UK had 7,800 troops deployed in Helmand Province as of February 2008 (one less as of today), and the USA had 15,000 troops as of February 2008 in Afghanistan. 14,000 of which are under the command of NATO-ISAF as of December 2007. The remaining 1,000 troops are under US command to train the Afghan National Army and to hunt Taliban leaders and al-Qaida members.

Population of UK: 60,776,238 (July 2007 est.)
Population of USA: 301,139,947 (July 2007 est.)

So, the UK has a population a fifth the size of the USA but fields an army over half the size of that put in place by the United States. Among them the third in line to the throne goes to fight. (The UK has also had members of Parliament, who are also in our army, serving). With only a couple of notable exceptions, there have been very members of the US political elite at any risk of having to live personally with the consequences of the 'war on terror' other than watching their share portfolios.

Which country would people say was proportionately making the most effort in this enterprise?

Bet he didn't get off an American politician's kid.

In general I don't think much of the Royals, and Im glad our tax dollars aren't going to keeping some inbred family living the high life. That being said, I think it was great to see him serve over there, and makes me realize how pathetic our own leaders are, since hardly any of the sons or daughters of our most powerful government officials (you know the people that decided to go to war) have served in either current war zones. Good for Prince Harry...

Harry....Prince Harry....Shaken......Not Stirred
the action figures are coming next
maybe a benefit concert
appearances on the tellie for sure
round of talk shows
did my gal mention "ecstasy"? That little tart, I could use some of that right now
get my portrait in the officers mess for that one
medals, buckets of them
memoirs "my 60 days on the front"
bullets were whizzing by, shoulda seen it
course, they weren't really, but ay, it'll do
see what the boys on the front will be 'avin
me? ah, go on, I'll be goin on vacation
did my 60 days, yessirree
60 days of hell to be sure
dust and sand, sand and dust
did I tell you it got cold at night?
well, gotta go, dinner is served

I mean, for shit's sake, do they actually think this is 1942 and this propaganda crap will work? This is not The Good War, this is The Unnecessary War. We don't need knights and princes.

What this publicity stunt was all about, in a nutshell...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080229171117.gyvbj9yx&show_article=1

Harry's media image will certainly benefit from his adventures in Afghanistan.

Top-selling daily The Sun described him as "a man of outstanding courage who has risked having his head blown off by the Taliban so he can serve his country with his mates."

By breaking this news Drudge did us all a favor. Drudge exposed the danger this little parasite created for everyone in his unit just so he could get his bones. The subsequent press coverage is reminiscent of Paris Hilton's jail release AND just as important. Harry, go back to wining, wenching and living off english society. Nothing more to see here - please move along.

I bet he didn't wear one of those crappy American flag pins that are made in China.

This whole scenario reeks of fish to me. One big PR fish or should I say fish named "Propaganda"?Already there are lots of action packed photos of Lt. Windsor on British online news sources. He's quoted as saying his mother would have been proud of him. And exactly how are we to believe one of the most stalked trophies of the world's paparazzi could disappear from the tabloids for 3 months? He's no Dick Cheney when it comes to dropping off the radar screen for months at a time. Did his people have a portfolio of photos and video of him partaking in his usual non-military social life they were planning to milk to the media during that time? Was the initial Australian report that Drudge made use of part of a plan to out him after a couple of months in order to cut short his assignment in that dangerous place in an "honorable" manner? And what of his unit? Are they still in harm's way? I'm saying this so-called story was one big photo-op for the failing British and American neo-con agenda. Oh, and one for the failing British monarchy.

wishing the lad all the best

I will give odds that there are pictures of him wearing hats with the flags of EVERY country that has sent soldiers to fight in the bush wars.

So what the fuck does this mean, am I to now burn my Beatle Anthology DVDS???

But did he wear an American flag lapel????

If not, why does he hate America?

I really like Prince Harry - he is REAL and normal and interesting.