Posted on 04/24/2014 8:29:30 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Switzerland was also a place where Hitler's Germany could do business with other countries, through Swiss intermediaries.
Belligerents often find such an arrangement handy to have around.
“OMG, that tank! It.. it has a giant hammer! WHY does it have a giant hammer?!”
“Because the Swiss are mad scientists. Just look at what they did to their knives!”
I'd guess instead that they are two Americans going to a rifle range. Or perhaps two Israeli reservists.
Let's see - pale skin, Sig assault rifles, bicycles. Yes, I think these ladies are Swiss.
The shooting sports are a far bigger deal to the Swiss than many outsiders realize. They are more open and casual about firearms (well, at least long guns) than we are now. Every canton has at least one competition-level rifle range and the Swiss people make use of those facilities.
Check out this article about their Federal Shooting Competition, which is held every five years. Note that the sponsors include a *brewery* and McDonalds. They had 45,000 participants in 2010, over 2,300 teams.
Texas so needs to mimic this idea.
LOL!
Don’t be so hard on yourself. You get humility from humiliation, says Mother Angelica. Praise the humility!
I used to buy into the anti-french thing, but I’ve come to realize from my son that it’s really all anti-Catholicism. The French, under Napoleon, caused a lot of death and destruction and since they ultimately lost, the victors get to blast them back for it (likewise the Nazis get blasted)....and we Americans follow along because of our short history and even shorter awareness.
The French made the USA possible and helped us critically for several decades keep our sovereignty. And we helped them regain theirs twice. We are brothers in many ways, though I still hate Paris.
what the hell is a typo dink?
Look at the geography in that picture. It isn’t in Israel.
I thought we saved their arse’s in WWII and ??, so what could we possibly owe those people, if anything?
Historically speaking the Anti-Catholic thing has more to do with the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. I know about that as many lost lands, titles, and Royalties had to flee to America after being hid in the Netherlands for protection because they would not convert from Protestant to Catholic, the ships arrived in NYC during the time of late 1600s-1700s.
I don’t eat French Fries unless very hungry, it’s the oil.
“Switzerland was also a place where Hitler’s Germany could do business with other countries, through Swiss intermediaries. Belligerents often find such an arrangement handy to have around.”
You nailed it.
Same story with Sweden and Spain in WWII. As with Switzerland, the benefits of honoring their neutrality outweighed the cost of a war to secure them.
The cost of a Swiss campaign would have been very high given the hostile terrain coupled with the large and well armed/trained citizen army.
Better use of men and material elsewhere at the time.
If I recall right, the Swiss also cooperated with the Nazi’s and allowed scheduled military trains to cross their country to and from Germany and Italy. Think they may have also have maintained a solid trade back and forth including war materials.
What a deal.
Not to mention that most NWO Bankers live there...The Bilderberger meetings members usually come from Switzerland to attend...whether born there or not.
So if they are going to start a war, it will not be in their backyard.
Geography? Or yes, now I see your point. Previously I was concentrating just on the girls. I was curious about their...uh...equipment. Yep, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
a) the are very well armed and well defended by natural barriers as you note;
b)they are very small, with no great natural resources (not much to be gained at great cost);
c)they make themselves useful as neutrals (diplomatic services between belligerents, banking, and supply of war material-- e.g. ball bearings to Germany in WWII)
In brief the Swiss make it quite plain there is little to be gained in attacking them and much to lose. Would that we could follow such a policy.
And you're right about the French and the Americans being brothers. Western nations pick at each other like spoiled children as the muslim caliphate gets closer and closer to reality.
You realize that the french are atheist not Roman Catholic right?
The French, under Napoleon, caused a lot of death and destruction
Yep, it took an Italian to lead the french.
would definitely be at the top of my 'to be invaded' list
Right. Next time around, Germany gets to KEEP France!
What better reason than that to NUKE SWITZERLAND? < /sarc >
The Swiss let trains full of people going to concentration camps go thru their country knowing full well these people were going to die.
Sorry, but I cannot find the part about the BLOODBATH from SCHOOL SHOOTINGS that Mayor Blumberg PROMISES will happen when there are lots of guns around.
Maybe I skipped over it in the article?
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