Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein

Fri Mar 2, 2007 8:44 AM EST

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Michael Halbe

I didn't know the Swiss had an army.

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3 votes

#1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 8:55 AM EST

{"commentId":562158,"authorDomain":"jimi"}

jimi

"Swiss Army Knife". It's not just a marketing slogan :)

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26 votes

#1.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 8:59 AM EST

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quixiotic

it's actually a law (to my knowledge) that all men 18+ serve 2 years in the swiss army.

The army's slogan "To enforce neutrality"

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22 votes

#1.2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:05 AM EST

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AdipicAcid

And proof positive that a heavily armed nation is not necessarily an aggressor.

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17 votes

#1.3 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:27 AM EST

{"commentId":562272,"authorDomain":"kirklennon"}

Kirk Lennon

"To enforce neutrality"? Just make sure Zapp Brannigan doesn't hear about that.

"I hate these filthy neutrals Kif! With enemies you know where they stand but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me.

What makes a man turn neutral ... Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

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17 votes

#1.4 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 10:16 AM EST

{"commentId":562347,"authorDomain":"CopenhagenDK"}

CopenhagenDK

What makes Switzerland neutral? Perhaps "lust for gold" is right on the... money.

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13 votes

#1.5 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 10:55 AM EST

{"commentId":562940,"authorDomain":"g4core"}

blurrrr

The reason for their nutrality is evident. The swiss are leprechauns.

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2 votes

#1.6 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:22 PM EST

{"commentId":563200,"authorDomain":"lazloman"}

lazloma

No balls

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1 vote

#1.7 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 5:01 PM EST

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spiffie

Just make sure Zapp Brannigan doesn't hear about that.

I've often said that everything, EVERYTHING can be related to an episode of Futurama.

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1 vote

#1.8 - Sat Mar 3, 2007 12:51 AM EST

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R LOH

In fact, almost the entire male population of Switzerland is considered part of the Swiss military. All qualified males are part of Switzerland's army reserve.

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#1.9 - Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:59 PM EDT

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tschreck

the swiss are fine soldiers and their main mission is national defense. all adult males must serve in an active role for some time and all males up to a certain age that are not active are equipped to be activated on very short notice.

they also guard the pope at the vatican.

one reason the swiss have not been invaded during modern times is that their army is an integral part of a national defense plan that makes the risks of invading far outweigh the benefits.

i has been proven by history to be an effective strategy.

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29 votes

#2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:18 AM EST

{"commentId":562232,"authorDomain":"quixiotic"}

quixiotic

Thanks, I always thought of them as comical but now I understand they mean business.

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3 votes

#2.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:51 AM EST

{"commentId":562448,"authorDomain":"rickspencer"}

rickspencer

That's the Swiss Guard. Different. They can be visually identified by subtle differences in uniform, oh and the swiss army doesn't employ the PIKE as an armament.

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6 votes

#2.2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:42 AM EST

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Raat ki Raani

...all males up to a certain age that are not active are equipped to be activated on very short notice.

I just loved that! Beats being equipped with a swiss army knife any day. Who needs the Terminator when you have the Swiss National Service taking care of all your ... functions.

Reminds me of a driving holiday in France when we were near the Swiss border. In an effort to avoid toll roads into Geneva, I picked a small road generally going towards Lake Geneva - I knew if I came to the Lake, I would be in Switzerland.

Was expecting something to mark crossing one country to another. Nothing like it. A simple crossroads with an Inn in one corner had a tiny Swiss flag in the door. Not a soul in sight; no border control, not even the odd animal. That marked the border. I was never certain I was in a new country until I was in Geneva itself some 15 minutes later.

Easily one of the most welcoming, hospitable, friendly and organized nations on earth. They just don't make a song and dance about it! This article is typical of the region.

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5 votes

#2.3 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 1:35 PM EST

{"commentId":562823,"authorDomain":"roberto-deoc"}

Roberto deOC

Raat - several thousand people commute every day between France (Annemasse & such) and Switzerland. There is a logistical and political reason to have a permeable border between Geneva and it's surroundings. I am from Geneva, and got so used to cross the border there that I got seriously reprimanded crossing the border coming from Italy into CH from the St Gothard. I was driving slowly and did not fully stop...

Tschreck - there are two main reasons (even stronger than the Swiss Army) why Switzerland was not invaded during the 2 wars: Landscape and Banks. Only a third of CH is "flat", and the borders can strategically be secured not to allow ground invasion.

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5 votes

#2.4 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 2:27 PM EST

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lch

They haven't been "invaded" because of their army? I'd rather say that they haven't been invaded because they kept their neutrality and the EU politics in Europe around Switzerland is really stable since WW2. It's not like somebody is rattling his sable around there.

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#2.5 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:39 PM EST

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tschreck

any good swiss person knows these things Roberto..

:-)

i grew up near Arosa in GR

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4 votes

#2.6 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:50 PM EST

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ElbowGeek

And, Switzerland is also a very convenient place in which to shift money and the ill gotten gains of war, in the same way one doesn't normally rob one's own bank - you rob everyone else's bank and stuff it all in your hidey-hole called Switzerland.

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1 vote

#2.7 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 6:46 PM EST

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Mayan144

"It's not like somebody is rattling his sable around there."

That's "saber" .... altho' it does make an amusing visual to picture Swiss soldiers winging around dead weasels....

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1 vote

#2.8 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 7:15 PM EST

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Jay Butler

I just went out back and rattled my sable. He didn't like it too much.

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2 votes

#2.9 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 10:33 PM EST

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whatwasleft

Sure it was an accident. No one was thinking, look at that tasty little canton over there!

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5 votes

#3 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:45 AM EST

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CopenhagenDK

I'm sure there must be Swiss Army compass to go with their famous knives.

In their defense, a wise man once said there were three types of navigators: those that that have been lost, those that are lost and those that are going to get lost.

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15 votes

#3.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:49 AM EST

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FDBryant3

This was the first phase of their plan to conquer the world........in 10 years we will all be armed, building clocks, eating swiss cheese and chocolate.

Nut tu menshun ve-a veell ell be-a speekeeng leeke-a thees. Feer zee Sveess. Zeey ere-a cumeeng tu teke-a oofer zee vurld. Meesteke-a my heeeny. Furst Leeechtenstein, zeen vurld. Merk my vurds. Bork Bork Bork!

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3 votes

#3.2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:11 AM EST

{"commentId":562917,"authorDomain":"rnienburg"}

robogobo

Um, I think you're talking like the SWEDISH chef.

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4 votes

#3.3 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:08 PM EST

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Tony Angelo

This was the first phase of their plan to conquer the world........in 10 years we will all be armed, building clocks, eating swiss cheese and chocolate.

Where do I sign?

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4 votes

#3.4 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:13 PM EST

{"commentId":563682,"authorDomain":"fdbryant3"}

FDBryant3

Um, I think you're talking like the SWEDISH chef.

Its all part of the plan.

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2 votes

#3.5 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:00 PM EST

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se1f

wahaha, i thought of a hoax at first. Something like the Belgium thingy... :>

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2 votes

#4 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:49 AM EST

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rhodezone

Well, I can see how the mistake would be made. On many fronts, they're pretty much indistinguishable. They probably could have marched half way through Austria without as much as a chocolate eating contest.

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1 vote

#5 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 10:04 AM EST

{"commentId":562269,"authorDomain":"jtdgarlic"}

The Garlic

Cheney is already defending the Swiss Army's action ... He says to criticize it, would be to validate Al Qaeda's strategy

Peace
JTD

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15 votes

#6 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 10:13 AM EST

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Tony Angelo

More examples of mistaken invasion (although no military here).

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4 votes

#7 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 10:38 AM EST

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greck

I bet this wasn't a mistake at all, they really were sending a message to the Lichtensteinian (????) government about having opinions and not being neutral and stuff. This was a warning shot across the bow.

The Swiss Army war plan:

Open up that knife and raise hell!
Or maybe the swiss soldiers will just write them a note with that little pen.
Or go around filing all their nails
Or tighten all the flat head screws in the region, confounding the enemy.
cut some really small peices of paper for propaganda notes
Open a bottle of wine
splinters shouldn't be a problem

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2 votes

#8 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:11 AM EST

{"commentId":562385,"authorDomain":"200MilesUp"}

Oluseye

It almost seems like a joke; Liechtenstein and Switzerland, two extremely peaceful states. I wonder what would have happened if the Swiss platoon had accidentally entered France?

**Insert French Jokes here***

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1 vote

#9 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:15 AM EST

{"commentId":562431,"authorDomain":"greglujan"}

greck

again, luckily the swiss always come prepared with a corkscrew on their pocket knife.

they'd have a bottle of wine and some cheese, sit and listen patiently to some griping about americans, and go back home.

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1 vote

#9.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:35 AM EST

{"commentId":562435,"authorDomain":"fdbryant3"}

FDBryant3

Heh - I was going to but then I decided it was too easy.

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1 vote

#9.2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:36 AM EST

{"commentId":562762,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}

gecko85

They would have surrendered? ;-)

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

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6 votes

#9.3 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 2:01 PM EST

{"commentId":571727,"authorDomain":"ciotog"}

ciotog

Not that difficult to do ... some friends of mine on a trip to CERN accidentally went over the border. Unfortunately it wasn't quite as easy getting back ... took them almost two hours to get back without being spotted. I'm glad I got separated from them and headed back :)

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1 vote

#9.4 - Wed Mar 7, 2007 8:52 AM EST

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Leftist

Lick Ten Stein needs its own army. What if Bush invades them too?

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3 votes

#10 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:35 AM EST

{"commentId":562433,"authorDomain":"leftist"}

Leftist

tee hee

Bush loves invading countries.. that's my point. :)

PEACE first.

INVADING COUNTRIES AND STEALING THEIR RESOURCES second.

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2 votes

#10.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:36 AM EST

{"commentId":562481,"authorDomain":"CopenhagenDK"}

CopenhagenDK

Wasn't there a movie about this? "The Mouse That Roared"?

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7 votes

#10.2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:55 AM EST

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jeffs

That was a movie (from a book) about a tiny and impoverished nation in Europe deciding to declare war on the US and lose, so that they could tap into post-WWII Marshall Plan money.

My favorite part of the book and movie is that:

Expecting to be dealt a crushing defeat (and then rebuild itself through the largess that the United States bestows on its vanquished enemies such as in the Marshall Plan) the tiny Duchy instead defeats the United States, purely by accident, by capturing the Q-bomb, a prototype doomsday device that could destroy the world if triggered.

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6 votes

#10.3 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 1:14 PM EST

{"commentId":562452,"authorDomain":"gcastel"}

Guillaume Castel

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

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8 votes

#11 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:44 AM EST

{"commentId":562766,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}

gecko85

Nice. It's been a while since I've seen a good BASE reference.

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1 vote

#11.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 2:02 PM EST

{"commentId":562931,"authorDomain":"rnienburg"}

robogobo

If the Swiss ever take off every Zig, we'll see the jokes quiet down a bit. They have probably one of the most well equipped and active military on the planet. Perhaps third to US and Israel. The real reason they're never invaded is that they have no treaties, are strategically protected by geography (only an air strike would be effective, and they're ready for one), and their army is pretty bad ass. Plus every household has a weapon or two. They take care of themselves.

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6 votes

#11.2 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:16 PM EST

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Arrrf JohnsonDeleted

{"commentId":562505,"authorDomain":"spacegoat"}

Spacegoat

It was a completely understandable mistake. If I had a franc for every time I accidentally invaded Liechtenstein...

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17 votes

#12 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 12:05 PM EST

{"commentId":562809,"authorDomain":"jeffsonstein"}

jeffs

If I had a franc for every time I accidentally invaded Liechtenstein...

Ooooooh, that is a good one. <grin/>

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2 votes

#12.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 2:20 PM EST

{"commentId":562561,"authorDomain":"ctrain42"}

Ctrain42

At least this takes some of the attention off of the Polish armed forces (screen doors on submarines and everything)...

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#13 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 12:27 PM EST

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Spooky Boyfriend

I hear they keep their amies in their sleevies...

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1 vote

#13.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 4:51 PM EST

{"commentId":562584,"authorDomain":"tariqshah"}

tariqshah

this thread is a laugh-a-minute.

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1 vote

#14 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 12:36 PM EST

{"commentId":562759,"authorDomain":"sifumokung"}

Sifumokung

Obviously, this was a reconnoitering mission. The probe revealed an apathetic local militia. Even law enforcement did not resist. Liechtenstein had better learn Swiss ways. Italy had better watch their ass.

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#15 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 1:59 PM EST

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Only Known SurvivorDeleted

{"commentId":562907,"authorDomain":"patriceq"}

Girl Interrupted

So it's not only their chesse that holes in it, it's their military strategy as well.

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#17 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:02 PM EST

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thendh

By the way the majority of Swiss cheese (I am Swiss.) does not have holes in it!

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2 votes

#17.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:10 PM EST

{"commentId":562943,"authorDomain":"rnienburg"}

robogobo

Funny stuff here. I'm moving to Switzerland in a few months. I love the place. Very weird, but they certainly have their sh*t together. I'm an American, currently coming to grips with the fact that the USA doesn't exist anymore, having been replaced by USA, Inc purveyors of lies and destruction. So, I'm going to the next best place, hopefully. Neutrality isn't spinelessness, it's just minding your own business.

Sorry, didn't mean to stop the good times. joke on.

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4 votes

#18 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 3:22 PM EST

{"commentId":563076,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

Raat ki Raani

happy yoddling :-)

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2 votes

#18.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 4:21 PM EST

{"commentId":563151,"authorDomain":"weejy"}

weejy

robogobo:
Moving to Switzerland!? - TAKE ME WITH YOU! How does an American get work over there???

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2 votes

#19 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 4:44 PM EST

{"commentId":563169,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

Raat ki Raani

simple. apply.
(sorry, could not resist)

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2 votes

#19.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 4:50 PM EST

{"commentId":563285,"authorDomain":"webweasel"}

WebWeasel

The Liechtensteinians (?) probably confiscated those nifty knives as punishment.

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2 votes

#20 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 5:37 PM EST

{"commentId":563453,"authorDomain":"kjkljklj"}

Gggggggggggggg

Yes, in Switzerland each people over 18 (which went to army) have the army gun at home !

Moreover, you have to serve you country... if I'm right, it's 11 months once, or 2 weeks a year until you're some age, don't remember exactely which.

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2 votes

#21 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 6:53 PM EST

{"commentId":563648,"authorDomain":"tom"}

tom

Perhaps the Swiss were defending their stores of wine? (they make great wine in Siwtzerland, most of which never makes it outside of the country)

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4 votes

#22 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 8:38 PM EST

{"commentId":563707,"authorDomain":"tschreck"}

tschreck

tom-

don't be giving away the secrets.

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2 votes

#22.1 - Fri Mar 2, 2007 9:21 PM EST

{"commentId":567302,"authorDomain":"rhodezone"}

rhodezone

If that were the case, wouldn't the Swiss have been more inclined to pad their borders with Italy in the Ticino valley? Or was this brief incursion just a distraction? Hmm...

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1 vote

#22.2 - Mon Mar 5, 2007 9:54 AM EST

{"commentId":566996,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}

Ryan Stolte-Sawa

Man, this is too cute.

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3 votes

#23 - Mon Mar 5, 2007 1:24 AM EST

{"commentId":567339,"authorDomain":"jon-robitzsch"}

Jon-132876

Never trust an Army with a Cork-Screw on its Army Knife ;)

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2 votes

#24 - Mon Mar 5, 2007 10:12 AM EST

{"commentId":567365,"authorDomain":"CopenhagenDK"}

CopenhagenDK

Au contraire!

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2 votes

#24.1 - Mon Mar 5, 2007 10:27 AM EST

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