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Florida, the third round of presidential debates is over the United States. Incumbent candidate President Barack Obama won a great rated challenger, Mitt Romney. But there is one thing that became the subject of conversation in social media, the term 'horses and bayonets' Obama posed for insinuating that Romney complained about the small number of U.S. military vessels.

In a debate held in Florida on Monday (22/10) evening local time, Romney criticized Obama's military policy. Republican presidential candidate accused Obama gave a small budget for the U.S. military to strengthen its power. Specifically Romney even stressed that the U.S. Navy has a number of vessels less than previous decades.

Romney's criticism was directly addressed by Obama in a mocking tone. In essence, Obama called the idea of ​​a foreign policy that was brought up Romney very out of date.

"You mention the Navy as an example, and that we have a number of vessels less than in 1916. Okay, Governor, we also do have horses and bayonets a little more, because we have changed the military system," Obama said in the debate, as reported by Reuters , Tuesday (23/10/2012).

"We have a thing called the mother ship, which can accommodate the aircraft. We have a boat that can dive into the water, nuclear submarines," said Obama.

It is known that horses and bayonets rapidly adopted by the military forces in the 16th century. But mostly no longer used by the military today, though some still use. Bayonet or bayonet mounted on the end of the regular rifle.

Not only that, when giving feedback about the criticism of Romney, Obama also touched on a game-style warships children called 'Battleship'. That is, Obama explained that at this time the focus is not on the large number of military ships owned by the state.

"The issue is not just like the game Battleship, where we calculate the ship," he said.

But again, Romney insisted his position, namely that the U.S. Navy needs more ships. "The Navy says it needs 313 ships to carry out their mission. Now we only have 285 ships .... I want to make sure that we have to have the ship as required by our Navy," said Romney.

Obama's taunts leveled instantly became the talk of the social media topic. Even the Twitter account, the hash tag 'horsesandbayonets' became a Trending Topic. In addition, there is also a Twitter user who create a new account with the name @ horsesandbayonettes. No lag, no caricature funny pictures on the internet that shows Obama and Romney. In the figure Obama says: "We also have a little bow and arrows and catapults." While Romney is seen drawing up the horse while carrying a rifle equipped with a bayonet on the end.

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