In today's WaPo we see that the Army has
halted call-ups of inactive soldiers from the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).
The Army has suspended plans to expand an unwieldy, 16-month-old program to call up inactive soldiers for military duty, after thousands have requested delays or exemptions or failed to show up.
By killing this policy, it seems the Army is trying to avoid the spectre of open revolt to this particular flavor of a back-door draft.
Since June 2004, the Army has begun mobilizing 6,535 people from the IRR. Of those, about 3,300 have reported for duty, and 1,450 have been granted exemptions on medical and other grounds, according to Army figures from October. The Army is trying to locate more than 400 who were supposed to report by October but have not.
Over 400 out of 6,535 never reported? And these are patriotic former soldiers who have proven their loyalty to the country already!
Imagine, fewer and fewer are willing to become theo-con bomb fodder laid out before Bush's alter of arrogance. Fewer and fewer want to become Cheney chum spread on the sea of stupidity known as the Iraq Debacle.