So the press reports today that a bunch of retired generals want more taxpayer money spent fighting obesity among the youth. They are concerned about a new report being released Tuesday that says more than 9 million young adults, or 27 percent of all Americans ages 17 to 24, are too overweight to join the military. The generals want more nutritional food in the schools and more education about healthy eating.
The reason for the concern has nothing to do with health, the generals are concerned that the working class youth they need to fight their corporate wars are, as one genral put it, "Too fat to fight."
"When over a quarter of young adults are too fat to fight, we need to take notice" said one retired Rear Admiral.
Sixty years ago the military had the same problem but in reverse, our young people they use to fight were too thin, too stunted due to poor diet and they were often rejected. The generals pushed for the school lunch program to fatten the potential fodder for the next war.
Imagine this! All the reasons why young people should eat well and the one that will get results is the military wants them fit enough to go around the world killing people and making it safe for US capitalism.
What's up with that?
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