@BillW,
Washington Post wrote:Others, however, have still found use for the bayonet charge in recent years. Just last month a British soldier was honored for a bayonet charge on the Taliban that he led in 2011. This charge was reminiscent of another British bayonet charge in Basra, Iraq, in 2004.
I figured there would still be the rare one in a million scenario.
Washington Post wrote:In 2011, Col. Moammar Gadhafi was also reportedly killed by a bayonet stab to the rear.
No. He was raped with the bayonet before being killed.
He was killed with a 9mm pistol pressed to his forehead.
It's a more humane death than he deserved, but I'm satisfied that at least justice was finally done for the victims of Pan Am 103.
By the way, it's interesting how the Marines these days are modernizing themselves into island hopping sea infantry so if the worst happens and we end up at war with China they can start seizing China's artificial islands and turning them against the Chinese military.
Of course, just like with the Cold War the goal is not to fight the war, but to deter the war by being prepared to fight it.