I don't like merely copying the topics of other blogs--but when a single issue graces the top of my 3 most regular reads (Kos, Atrios, Washington Monthly), it's probably worth discussion. When you enlist in the armed forces and complete your active service (sounds like most enlist for 3 or 4 year terms), you are automatically placed on "inactive reserve" status. You are assured you will be called up only in the event of emergency. Now, the Pentagon is apparently using the IRS to track down inactive reservists, a move many think spells the last step before implementation of a draft. These are the last folks they can presently compel.
How long will it take to go from decision to implementation of a draft? Wouldn't it take more than flipping a switch to get those wheels turning? Does that mean--like with the Iraq War itself--a decision has already been made, well ahead of admitting it? I know that we know some draft age young men...do we know any inactive reservists?
Kos has more info; Washington Monthly is skeptical this means draft, and provides this picture; and all of this comes from an initial post from Tapped.
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