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Hey, that's a classy retort. I'll tell you what, next time your on the frontlines, why don't you fix bayonets and give a good charge for ole' times sake. No point in using the technology we've developed since the Civil War. Lets just arm our troops with sabers and muskets. In the meantime, you can leave the killing to the techno-pukes who aren't mired in the glory of tradition. And for the record, I'd be willing to bet I've been in combat more recently than you, and will return to it a lot sooner than you. I look forward to sending a few arabs to meet their 52 virgins in your honor. And I'll do it without sacrificing a bunch of good, young American troops to antiquited, obsolete tactics.

Hand-to-hand combat is not as rare as one would think, there were reports from Afghanistan that special forces were taking on Al Qaida with knives in some instances. I don't think SF troops are stupid or suicidal, they wouldn't use knives unless they had to.