“Less” clearly doesn’t mean “none.” He said “less,” not “none.” Why we need to keep harping on this is beyond me. Not to mention Paul Ryan voted for sequestration and half of FReepers support Ron Paul who would take sequestration much, much further.
It’s almost like we enjoy falling into the traps.
What President would, in this day and age, EVER say that we have "ships that go underwater" as examples of modern technology. They've been around for 150 years.
The wording is a 5 year olds. He's on meds. I know it.
Personally, I am not a big fan of bayonets, as they are often bad for the rifle, and truthfully, they are somewhat outdated as bladed weapons go. Instead, I bet the US could produce some amazingly high tech multipurpose swords that would be very effective in close combat.
It is not true that guns are always better, for example with crowd control, guns can either shoot or not shoot. Doing either might benefit the enemy. However, a number of US Marines with a sword in one hand and a pistol in another could, with considerable elan, pass right through the middle of a riot, escorting others in their midst who would be set upon if not defended.
Right now, Marine officers carry swords from the 1820s, and NCOs from the 1850s. I would equip them with a sword as sharp as a razor blade, but made very durable, machine folded like a samurai sword, of high quality stainless, made with a lot of Fullerene carbon.
If they need to cut some foreign devil in half, they should have the tools to do that.