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Obama's 'Battleship' Argument Has Holes in its Hull

art119 Wrote: Oct 26, 2012 11:48 PM

Obozo's ignorant remarks about "horses and bayonets" just goes to show how little he understands the military. Does Obozo think that ships and the men and women who man those ships can just go on deployment after deployment indefinitely? Does he think that parts do not get worn out, engines need to be overhauled, hulls need to be steam cleaned, electronics need to be upgraded, repaired or replaced? Does he think that men and women do not get worn out? That being constantly on deployment makes them careless and more prone to accidents up to and including falling overboard? Has Obozo ever been to sea? I've been, I know just how wide and huge the seas are. Shipmates are lost, families broken. Obozo is a dummy of highest magnitude.

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comsense08 Wrote: Oct 27, 2012 8:46 AM

He should, look at HIS support staff!! The largest of any sitting president in history (and the most expensive)

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Obama's 'Battleship' Argument Has Holes in its Hull

In the third and final debate, Barack Obama scored huge points with the media, college kids and die-hard liberals -- in other words, his base -- when he mocked Mitt Romney's concern about our historically small Navy.

"But I think Governor Romney maybe hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works," the president said. "You -- you mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, 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...