Drudge should have kept his mouth shut on this one.

Someone must of talked. How did Drudge find out?

Harkens back to the halcion days when when it was more important for journalists to do what was right, instead of getting the scoop at any cost.

Drudge shouldn't have reported it.

I understand their concern, but what ever happened to the royal tradition of military sacrifice? The royal family should embrace the risk, showing service to their subjects.

"The royal family should embrace the risk, showing service to their subjects."

All well and good if the risk is to the member of the Royal Family. Which it was when Prince Harry was in Afghanistan anonymously. But once it becomes known that the prince is serving in a war zone, it draws significant additional risk on those subjects in his unit.

Since Prince Harry is (in euphamistic military terms) a "high value target," the Taliban and al Qaeda would have spared no effort to take him out (or preferably kidnap him). Modern soldiers fight as a team, and having Prince Harry known to be on your team (or vehicle, or platoon) would have significantly increased the risk to you.

That is why Harry chose to serve anonymously. He did not mind his mates or himself getting shot at because they were British soldiers. Harry just didn't want his mates getting shot at because of his dad and grandmum.

The royal family should embrace the risk

They obviously did with Harry serving as just another Tommy. However, as Mark comments, once it was revealed it was "the" Prince Harry, Islamofascists would have tried anything to kill or capture him.

Well, if they let him keep the kit and the MG he should be well set to handle the paparatzi when he gets home.

Drudge should have gotten the Knucklehead of the year for this. On the muckraking scale, it's brilliant, although not on the scale of his Lewinski coup. On the ethics scale, it's a huge zero. As others have said, the prince served in quiet so as not to make himself a special target. Now, because the story is blown wide open, his mates are in special danger.

(I wonder, though, if his mates have the attitude of "Bring it on, you $^!*^#" scum, because we'll protect our prince!)

Giant Kudos to the Brit media, which means BBC gets much credit, for keeping the lid on.

I suppose I was unclear, so I'd like to revise and extend my remarks. I realize that the Prince is a fairly high value target, and that that adds risks to his unit. However, the reason that he is a high value target is largely that the British treat him as not expendable. If the Royals were to come out, repeatedly and publicly, and make clear that Royals would spend their career in the military, assuming they have the aptitude, until such time as they must assume their ceremonial place, it would reduce future risks. If everyone knew that the Royals expect to lose its young men from time to time, and glory in their sacrifice in those conditions, then the future Royals would not be high value targets.

"Knucklehead?" That's the best you can do? Where's the outrage? Where's the "Rope, Tree, Drudge ... some assembly required?"

All I see is some Tsk...Tsking. As a direct result of Drudge, ongoing operations directly against the very organization that perpetrated 9/11 were disrupted. Why the hell is Drudge getting a pass?

All I see is some Tsk...Tsking. As a direct result of Drudge, ongoing operations directly against the very organization that perpetrated 9/11 were disrupted. Why the hell is Drudge getting a pass?
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This is a joke! Liberals must know they are defending the liberal culture corruption, so they must find every excuse to justify their support of the liberal sew*ge. In this case, what does Drudge affect? Prince Harry!

In the mean time, the Dem congress had its own memo planning to use intelligence info for political purpose. This week the Dem congress was busy passing meaningless legislations about post office, the use of rotundra etc... but holding up FISA bill. Reid just came out to send encouraging message to the terrorists (ie he is working on surrendering in IRaq). The dem congress continue to play politics with our generals and national security. The liberal hypocrisy is just amazing.

"I understand their concern, but what ever happened to the royal tradition of military sacrifice? The royal family should embrace the risk, showing service to their subjects."

Times are very different, as is this war. When Harry's uncle served in the Falklands, the press was not the most powerful weapon of the enemy, Argentina, in fact it probably wasn't a weapon at all.

Today, the press is the most powerful terrorist weapon today so once Harry lost his anonymity he had to go home. He would have been too valuable to the terrorists who are losing badly, except in the leftist media.

Mark Adams - no "outrage"? Well, because this pales in comparison to the real bilge that Big Media has done against the war effort almost since the beginning.

I'm disgusted with Drudge. I thought he had a little more sense then these other media types. Apparently I was wrong.

I am even more disgusted by the media guy who drudge posted saying "thank God for drudge, will the people ever trust the media again?"

Well, no, we won't, but that's WHY. We'd trust them a whole lot more if they had enough common sense and decency to keep something like this quiet.

I'm disgusted with Drudge. I thought he had a little more sense then these other media types. Apparently I was wrong.

"And although UK media only ran with the story today after it appeared on the Drudge Report, Australian women's magazine New Idea actually broke the news on January 7. German newspaper Bild is also reported to have run the story."

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