Actually, Cuomo looks like he's old enough to sign on the dotted line like my Dad did in 1942 after Pearl Harbour. Dad was 18. Then little worms like Cuomo can judge whether or not a soldier -even that of an ally- is simply *expendable.*

That sort of cynical dismissal of a young man who was not content to merely keep partying while his social "inferiors" risked life, limb, and sanity in Afghanistan actually trying to root out al Qaeda and their fellow travelers, is IMHO about as low as it gets. Wonder if either of the Bush twins or their equally useless cousins would have the guts to do what this young prince has done? I already am pretty certain that *Cuomo* doesn't.

Naw. Never happen with the Bush clan; George Herbert Walker Bush was an aberration, probably a cynical cover for daddy Prescott's war profiteering operations involving trading with the Nazis during time of declared war. I suspect a willing "presstitute" like Cuomo would be right at home in such company.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

Guys, get a grip - were you really THAT offended? Puh-leeze. Let's all get offended that our "expendible" men are out fighting an illegal and evil war, and that they, and "expendible" innocent people are getting slaughtered in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Let's face it - I realized that after seeing what our leaders did to U.S. citizens during Katrina, we're ALL expendible. No quotation marks. It's absolutely true. Get offended at that.

Maybe Chris is expendable. Though I understand he was simply alluding to the old adage "an heir and a spare".

There was a media blackout on reporting that Prince Harry was deployed in Afghanistan. The following excerpt is taken from:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/business/media/01harry.html?st=cse&sq=prince+harry+afghanistan&scp=3

"Mr. Satchwell.... the executive director of the Society of Editors in Britain... had brokered a top-secret agreement to keep the prince’s presence in Afghanistan out of the cutthroat British papers and off the airwaves to reduce the chances that the prince or his fellow soldiers would become special targets of enemy fighters."

Druge was an arse for reporting it. Personally, I prefer the young Prince Harry. He's HOT, see the photos in the NYT article.

I agree AmericanNation. I guess that is why a good many Americans could care less about the Iraqi people or any other people. Some of us are the most giving people you could find on this earth. Then there are the ones that are only interested in their own greed. And unfortunately these are the people that are in power. But the American people, for the most part are so self absorbed and can not be bothered with the suffering of others. We ridicule others for being different and for having a different traditions than ours. We act as if everyone should want to live and believe what we believe. As if we know what is best for the world. How completely arrogant and short sighted. The only time we pay attention to anything that is going on in the world is when it directly affects our lives. So we allowed bu$hco to run our country into the toilet. Because most Americans was scared shitless. I couldn't believe it, grown people was acting like scared children. I never was afraid of outsiders destroying our country. Our own people are doing just fine without help from anyone else. We have become our own worst enemy. The media did their part to get us here with all the lies and cover up.. They are very good at distraction. And lets face it , it didn't take a much to get the sheep to believed what ever they decided to say. I never believed the corrupted media because they are own by corporations and when have big business ever did anything that wasn't self serving. So instead of behaving like the proud people we once were, we gave up our basic freedom to have a FALSE sense of security. And even now, instead of demanding accountability from the people in charge ( including this lame Congress) for sending our children to die in this bogus war bu$co cooked up to become even richer, we rather focus on celebrities, America idol or some other trash TV. American could be great again but we all got to demand it and work for it. I hope things get better and I hope we all wake up before it is too late.

No, Chris said why he considered him expendable he was not in line for the throne, therefore not important, or to use his word expendable. I have a word dispicable, in that Chris's comment was dispicable.

I'm afriad you don't understand the Constitution of the U.K. It is a parliamentary monarchy. The royal family is more important than any ordinary family (same said for soldiers) simply because their lives are bound to the state. A constitutional crisis can occur when something touches the royal family negatively such as the death of third in line to the throne. Yes before God we are all equal but in the lives of men and countries some individuals are valued greater than others through no fault or actions of their own.

Actually I think it is an obligation of the Roayals to spend time in the military, it is all part of thier training.