Wehrwolfen
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- May 22, 2012
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Correcting Obama's Comments on the U.S. Navy and our Mlitary
This evening in the Third Presidential Debate Mitt Romney raised legitimate concerns about the current and shrinking size of the United States Navy. The President responded snarkily by saying that size does not matter because we have these these "things" called Carriers that "planes can land on" and these "things" that go underwater.
This pathetic attempt at rebuttal by Obama is quite simple. The first submarine commissioned by the United States Navy was "USS Holland (SS-1)" on October 12, 1900.
The first Aircraft Carrier commissioned by the United States Navy was the USS Langley
(CV-1) on March 20, 1922.
Exactly how does the existence of Aircraft Carriers and submarines in a Modern American Navy nullify Mitt Romney's just concerns about the size of the Navy? Obama spoke about both as if they were some new fangled advances in naval warfare. The existence of carriers in our fleet justifies its reduction even though they have been an integral part of our navy for 112 and 87 years respectively? I guess in Obama's world Jimmy Doolittle was bombing Tokyo with jet powered B-25 Mitchell bombers, or LeMay with B-29's. How can he defend shrinking a navy whose history he is wholly ignorant?
And yes, the Marine Corps still issues bayonets and lowly K-Bar knives. You know those archaic tools of battle. Even our Special Forces have stooped to using horses in the Afghan Kush but hey, no matter how advanced we become with those new fangled tools like aircraft carriers, submarines and drone UAV's, you still need boots on the ground and they need the equipment to sustain and protect them and you must be prepared to adapt and overcome.
Exactly how does the existence of Aircraft Carriers and submarines in a Modern American Navy nullify Mitt Romney's just concerns about the size of the Navy?
Because each Trident submarine carries over 1000 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb.
Hmm, that was before your friend John Walker gave away all the Navy's secrets. What Oblamer was attempting to do is to claim that our technology could reduce the need for a large Navy. I guess that you think that nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers are new arrivals to the Navy and will not be reduced. Well, your wrong there. They are first on the list of RIF according to Oblamer. I suggest that you hold onto that bayonet and knife. You may need it if Oblamer gets his way.
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