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We buy our own knives now, we don't use those old bayonets.
Last night during the final presidential debate of 2012, President Obama said we have "fewer horses and bayonets" during an exchange with Governor Mitt Romney. The comments were condescending, belittling and Obama implied the use of bayonets and horses was obsolete. This is not the case. Yes, Obama said "fewer" rather than "not at all," but let's take a look at how the military uses horses and bayonets today.
First, the Marines. The Marines have an entire page on their website dedicated to the bayonet, which is used in...
As far as those horses in Afghanistan that people keep yammering about, guess what? They were not US Army horses, they were borrowed from the Afghans. Good luck finding horses in any current unit's TOE, other than for ceremonial purposes.