Huh

Well, I'm not really one that typically gives a damn about what the British royals are doing, an article on CNN did catch my eye. I guess Prince Harry is currently in the field in Afghanistan, has seen combat, and is right where he wants to be. His deployment was kept secret by the British media for security reason, and it was only admited to after foreign papers printed it, so as not to put the rest of his squad in danger as much as himself. I must say: kudos to that all around.

I read an interview with Prince Harry last year, talking about how he wanted to be deployed to Iraq. Why? Becuase it was where he belonged, with the men he served with. This is not going to be someone who's ignorant of what battle field condtions are going to be like either (at least that was my impression from what else he had said). For him to pony up like that, when no one would have really blamed him for hiding behind his title, and for going in with a combat unit? Hell yes.

Maybe if more of the "privaleged elite" should show that kind of integrity, we'd all be in better shape. Sure, I don't know the whole of his opinions, or politicale stance, and so on, but I'm going to be genuinly impressed by his willingness to put it on the line and serve his nation along side the other grunts.