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I see the lefties are cheering that "horses and bayonets" line even though it's misleading (vanity)

Posted on 10/22/2012 10:01:00 PM PDT by oneprolifewoman

And what do you know? The Marines still use horses too! So much for Obama scolding Mitt about now knowing anything about the military as it is today!


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1 posted on 10/22/2012 10:01:05 PM PDT by oneprolifewoman
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2 posted on 10/22/2012 10:02:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Get the transcript Candy! - Barack Hussein Obama)
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The horse photo I intended to link: Marine photo library
3 posted on 10/22/2012 10:03:19 PM PDT by oneprolifewoman
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My brother, a Marine, was very disturbed that the POTUS didn’t know that bayonets and horses are still used.


4 posted on 10/22/2012 10:04:03 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: oneprolifewoman

I had a bayonette when I was in the Army. We still have horses and mules, too. How is it that the commander of our military doesn’t know that?

Jerry Bruckheimer Shopping Afghanistan War Story HORSE SOLDIERS
http://collider.com/jerry-bruckheimer-horse-soldiers/130077/

Soldiers get horse training before Afghan tour
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/09/ap-army-afghanistan-soldiers-get-horse-training-before-deployment-090510/


5 posted on 10/22/2012 10:05:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: IncPen

ping for book to get


6 posted on 10/22/2012 10:08:08 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: oneprolifewoman

I posted this on my facebook page just to watch a few liberal heads explode, lol

“Monument honors U.S. ‘horse soldiers’ who invaded Afghanistan
By Alex Quade, Special to CNN
updated 8:03 PM EDT, Thu October 6, 2011”

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/us/afghanistan-horse-soldiers-memorial/index.html?fb_action_ids=3296956042579&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582


7 posted on 10/22/2012 10:09:02 PM PDT by angelsonmyside (Someone please send the Loser in Chief a "President For Dummy's" book.)
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To: oneprolifewoman
I will be disappointed if the RNC is not running an ad featuring this within 24 hours:

Yes, Mr. President, bayonets are still important to our military"

8 posted on 10/22/2012 10:10:35 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: oneprolifewoman
Cheering something that has no depth, the Democrat way.
9 posted on 10/22/2012 10:10:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: oneprolifewoman

Now now, the pResident is right about how modernized our military is. We have these things called satellites and computers now that let you watch consulates burn down in real time.


10 posted on 10/22/2012 10:11:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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Maybe if the Ambassador would have had bayonet instead of the drone watching what happened he would still be alive.


11 posted on 10/22/2012 10:13:32 PM PDT by funfan
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Maybe if the Ambassador would have had bayonet instead of the drone watching what happened he would still be alive.


12 posted on 10/22/2012 10:13:50 PM PDT by funfan
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To: oneprolifewoman

I’ll bet the Taliban got as big a laugh out of this as the Obamanoids did. They don’t have ships that airplanes land on and ships that go under the water.


13 posted on 10/22/2012 10:20:02 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Get the transcript Candy! - Barack Hussein Obama)
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Binders and Bayonets!! Obama Biden ‘12


14 posted on 10/22/2012 10:23:52 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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I have a deceased friend that was a "Top Secret" Army Sniper, and on his last tour to Afghanistan, he was only issued 216 rounds for the whole year.
He said one third of his kills, were silent missions, crawling into the enemy's camp while they were sleeping and slitting the throats of every other enemy.
The bayonet is a very well used tool in today's military.
15 posted on 10/22/2012 10:26:05 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple. Fight ... or Die !)
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It's slightly off-subject; but did you know that the VMI cadets are the only military institute students who are allowed to march with fixed bayonets. The Charge of the Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the Civil War earned them that right and honor.

16 posted on 10/22/2012 10:30:30 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson ( "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")
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To: oneprolifewoman
Ok this may just turn out to be a big f'in deal.

There's a monument at the WTC commemorating the US Special Operations soldiers who following 9-11 rode into combat in Afghanistan on horseback.

The monument is called "De Oppresso Liber" and an article on the unveiling can be found here.

More importantly, the keynote address at the commemoration was given by none other than Vice President Biden:


17 posted on 10/22/2012 10:32:16 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: FlipWilson

Let’s see - we now have Big Bird, Binders, Bengyazhi, and bayonets. Does that pretty much sum up zero’s plan for the next 4 years?


18 posted on 10/22/2012 10:33:29 PM PDT by Catsrus (Ma)
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To: oneprolifewoman

BAYONET

Mission: Defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Also used as a general field and utility knife.

ENTERD ARMY SERVICE: M6 (1957), M7 (1964), M9 (1987)

Description and Specifications:

The M6 bayonet-knife is used as a bayonet on the M14 series rifle and as a hand weapon. The M7 bayonet-knife is used as a bayonet on the M16 series rifle, the M4 carbine and as a hand weapon. The M9 multipurpose bayonet system is used as a bayonet on the M16 series rifle, on the M4 series carbine, as a hand weapon, as a general field and utility knife as well as a wire cutter together with its scabbard, and as a saw.

http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/individual/bayonet.html


19 posted on 10/22/2012 10:36:25 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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Bayonet Training
Photo by Department of the Army
May 21, 2007


Pvt. Jose Hernandez, 25, plunges his M16A2 rifle with fixed bayonet, into a tire target on the practice range during Army basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C.
 

20 posted on 10/22/2012 10:38:05 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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