claim: the u.s. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. our air force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: sep 9, 2016 ... "our navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917," republican mitt romney charged during the third and final debate, adding, "air force is older and smaller than at any time since it was founded in 1947." president obama responded with overwhelming force--and deadly accuracy: "we also have ...
evidence_2: aug 3, 2015 ... during the debate, romney said, "our navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917. ... today are much more powerful than their predecessors, and the suggestion that the smaller number of ships would lead to a loss in american "military superiority. ... 'it's like comparing the telegraph to the smartphone.
evidence_3: let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the british empire and its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'this was their finest hour.' sir winston ... a code of honour not less punctilious than that of old spain, is supported by vendettas as implacable as those of corsica.
evidence_4: jan 18, 2012 ... our air force is smaller and older than any time since 1947. ... and i will fight to make sure america retains military superiority. ... but after a number of readers contacted us, we decided to focus one two of them: "our navy is smaller than it's been since 1917," and, "our air force is smaller and older than any ...
evidence_5: feb 1, 2006 ... the fact is, for most of their history the united states marine corps was little more than a security force for the navy. the myth of the marine corps as ... although the marines fought in belleau wood, the us army's 26th division liberated the village, three weeks after the marines had left the area. there is no ...