Yet, they don't all start off as criminals. Leaders of today say they don't want to return to the problems we had in the 70's. In the 70's, we had race problems, severe drug problems, Vietnam issues, etc etc. Today, while we still have race relation and drug problems, they are not nearly of the scope of the 70s. My biggest point is that a monkey can lead the kids we get today because they hardly present any problems at all.
Inspirational leadership is what wins battles.
You know, many of our Medal of Honor winners were not necessarily high school graduates, they were men with guts, tough, team players. The draft also brings in college graduates of all levels of achievement, skill, diversity, etc etc. My point is that some of these kids from the school of hard knocks can be just the type of fighter you need. We said we needed HS grads because technology required a higher level of intelligence to operate equipment, etc. There is room for both high school and non high school grads.