>>In defense of horses & bayonets<<

[The_Outlaw]

Last night, one of the most searched terms according to Yahoo was “horses and bayonets.” That’s because President Obama used the phrase to bash Mitt Romney’s attack concerning the depleted state and shrinking American military might. Obama said:

“Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And so the question is not a game of Battleship where we’re counting ships. It’s — it’s what are our capabilities.”

So is the “horses and bayonets” line true? We decided to do a quick fact check. And unfortunately for the president, here’s what we found:

In Defense of Bayonets & Horses! 5 Problems With The President’s Zinger Last Night | TheBlaze.com

 

[Kalamity023]

&gt;&gt;In defense of horses &amp; bayonets&lt;&lt;

We may have more bayonets, but horses we still use and have less of. We're I in Mitt's position I'd use his own snarky comments against him. The "horses" of today are heilo's, tanks, and motorized vehicles. Had Mitt made the point that investing in these strengthens the US, instead of downsizing and leaving us vulnerable, it would have wiped the smugness off the entitled in chief!