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He additionally fact-checked the bayonets and horses comment Obama made, saying Fox News had been tweeted by a Marine who said they still train with bayonets.

It's not just marines. Every Army grunt gets a bayonet as standard issue and gets to do the bayonet training course as well. M-16s are built with bayonet lugs, standard. It is a virtual certainty that there are more bayonets in the US military now than in 1922, simply by virtue of the fact that we have more soldiers and marines than in 1922. This is a fact so obvious to anyone who has even the slightest knowledge of the US military, that for Obama to use bayonets as an example of outdated hardware is every bit as ridiculous as saying that rifles themselves are no longer used.

Thanks for that information. Because I’m a 65 year old female, and don’t personally know anyone who has recently served, I’m going to excuse myself for not knowing much about bayonet training today. You’d think that someone who professes to care so much about our men and women in uniform, and who just happens to be Commander-in-Chief, would know all about the training our troops receive. Obama’s a clueless fool.

One more thing I forgot to mention in my earlier post about the Status of Forces Agreement for Iraq. Here's what Chris Wallace said:

Debate Fact Check: Obama Would Have Kept Thousands Of Troops In Iraq Under The Status Of Forces Agreement

THE FACTS: Fox News’ Chris Wallace: “I Think You Have To Give The Points To Mitt Romney On That… Romney Was Right, Obama Was Wrong. Obama Wanted And Failed To Get A Status Of Forces Agreement.” FOX NEWS’ CHRIS WALLACE: “Well, in fact, I think you have to give the points to Mitt Romney on that, provided as part of the troop withdrawal by George W. Bush and in a deal with the Iraqi Prime Minister is that there would be a status of forces agreement and that there would be a residual force there was talk of it as little as 5,000. The military wanted closer to 20,000. The person put in charge of it was Joe Biden, the Vice President, and at one point he said I will bet you my Vice Presidency, Malaki, the Iraqi prime minister will extend the status of forces agreement. But it all fell apart. They never got it, but it’s clear Romney was right, Obama was wrong. Obama wanted and failed to get a status of forces agreement.” (Fox News, 10/22/12)