It was deemed...

....inconvenient to actually prosecute Ready Reserve former soldiers who didn't show up when called to duty. Aside from Chris Bray (also check out this Stars and Stripes letter he cites), I know a few families that have been on tenterhooks because of call-ups: I guess they should have just said "screw it." Bray's best line

There really is no sight more awe-inspiring than that of a bunch of senior bureaucrats rolling into an accountability deflecting ball, pumping out streams of passive language the way an octopus fires ink

I'm not gonna read anything better all day, dammit.