West To Obama: "If You Had Actually Served In The Military, Then You'd Know That We Still Use Horses & Bayonets"

West side-eyes Obama's comment

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) tartly responds to U.S. President Barack Obama's "zinger" during the most recent presidential debate, claiming that the U.S. military no longer uses "horses and bayonets" in response to Mitt Romney's concerns about declining military strength. From Newsmax, about the conservative Republican Congressman and former Army lieutenant colonel: "Republican Florida Rep. Allen West told senior citizens on Tuesday that he sent soldiers into battle with bayonets in Iraq. 'When I was a battalion commander, we did still issue bayonets to our troops when we deployed to Iraq in 2003,' West told the 100 seniors in Stuart, Fla., The Washington Post reports. 'In 2001, Special Forces soldiers were on horseback riding with the Northern Alliance to fight against the Taliban. So, obviously, we have a president who does not understand the full capabilities and capacities and what we do in the United States military.'"