The hard-working folks over at Ink Spots highlighted a piece a few days ago from Mission: Readiness, an organization that the cynic in me views with skepticism. The piece is a press release that discusses the health of our children in terms of national security. The gist of it, excerpted by the semi-Francophone Ink Spots menage a cinq (please forgive the lack of diacritical marks), reads…

Today we are confronted by a sobering statistic from the U.S. Army: 75% of young Americans are ineligible to serve their country because they have either failed to graduate high school, engaged in criminal activity, or are physically or mentally unfit. We need a bold strategy to inspire our young people to do better, and to increase the chances that they will succeed.

Well, lo and behold, it turns out that folks like Wes Clark may have been on to something. I guess this really has morphed into a serious problem. See the video below.