We’ve likely all heard this question in the past few months. But some Americans are already being pressed into service by our government. And it is to the discredit of all American journalists that I end up going to the UK Guardian to read this story. In a nutshell, soldiers seeking to leave the military are being forced to remain if their division has been called to duty in Iraq or Afganistan in the next 90 days.

Even the mainstream press has covered the problem of continuing to occupy Iraq and Afganistan for an extended period of time while fighting the war on “terror” (I liked John Stuart’s quip, next “we’ll take on that bastard ennui!”).

In any case, college students face a legitimate concern in the face of the draft. I remember being 20 when the first Gulf War started. I was born in England, so I want so far as to acquire an application for a British passport so I could get the hell out if necessary. Why? Because, I thought, and still think that the first Gulf War was fought on illegitimate, unethical grounds. And I believe the same about our current engagement.

Already by that time, the whole college deferment thing was in the past. Now, I read that the “escape to Canada” strategy is being restricted. All of which bring us to the “don’t ask; don’t tell” policy, but in this case you not only need to “tell” you need to prove. In the words of Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in Stripes, “We’re willing to learn.”

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