Brick wrote:
link5485 wrote:
People wouldn't remember sober and knowledgeable. Whether or not being snarky will end up be beneficial is an open question. I don't know that he himself doesn't know that we still use bayonets, but it was meant to sound good to a undecided (aka low-information aka moron) voter. Wouldn't surprise me if many of them had to google bayonet. To be fair the last bayonet charge was during the Korean War and the Army has discontinued bayonet training (as of 2010).They continue training in hand-to-hand including the use of blades or unaffixed bayonets. So, yes, you can attempt to suggest that what Obama was driving at was the lack of modern bayonet charges but we know he did not say that. He may yet be hung (at least a little bit) on his own snarky and immature pitard.
I'd say that's how 95% of viewers interpreted that. Myself included. I see how people can technically say otherwise, but it's missing the forest for the trees.