See Obama's sarcastic 'horses and bayonets' jab at Romney

10/23/2012

Mitt Romney attacked Barack Obama in Monday's debate on what the Republican senses is a weakening military, charging that our navy is smaller now "than at any time since 1917." But the president turned out to have plenty of ordnance. "Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets," Obama answered sarcastically. "The nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have ships that go under water: nuclear submarines. The question is not a game of 'Battleship' where we're counting ships." Kaboom!

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