School lunches called a national security threat

Right idea, wrong culprit.

School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat.

That's not a reference to the mystery meat served up in the cafeteria line either. The retired officers are saying that school lunches have helped make the nation's young people so fat that fewer of them can meet the military's physical fitness standards, and recruitment is in jeopardy.

A new report being released Tuesday says more than 9 million young adults, or 27 percent of all Americans ages 17 to 24, are too overweight to join the military. Now, the officers are advocating for passage of a wide-ranging nutrition bill that aims to make the nation's school lunches healthier.

It has almost nothing to do with school lunches.

It has almost everything to do with what is consumed outside of school.

The best "solution" that these military morons can muster is the old tried and failed:

Today, the group is urging Congress to eliminate junk food and high-calorie beverages from schools, put more money into the school lunch program and develop new strategies that help children develop healthier habits.

These military people are deserving of a court martial for being stupid.

Clearly, their brains are AWOL.

Well, at least they are out of the military.