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Switzerland is an incredibly well armed and well trained country
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Switzerland is an incredibly well armed and well trained country
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I understand that. However, they were not going to put a dent into the Nazi war machine if they went on the offensive. Theirs is a DEFENSIVE force which relies largely on its mountain location to ensure its defense.
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I don't think they are neutral because "war is bad." It's more a question of survival given its demographics and geography. Plus it's good to have a neutral country where organizations like the Red Cross and WTO can have a head quarters.
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Their neutrality makes it possible for global banking to exist there as well.
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That is correct, but their "neutrality" in reference to bank accounts has ended long ago. Some private bank accounts have been intervened by the request of other private interests, these are actions which have broken the trust in the Sweden's neutrality as well. If I can remember by the news I read long ago about it, some accounts made during and after the WW2 have been intervened in the last years. Also, I think that some countries have asked for the intervention of private bank accounts from drug dealers and others.
If Sweden is "neutral" as it is the claim, such should not happen at all, because the deal for to be the holder of such accounts was the unchangeable statement of complete privacy and total respect and inviolability of the private accounts.
Tell me about "neutrals".:coffeepap