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2020-09-21 Europe

Who is their enemy? Notoriously neutral Switzerland unveils plans to spend billions on new fighter jets - despite not having fought a war in 200 years

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-21 11:11|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Well a defanged NATO without the USA would be like a cotton candy buffer between those who want their various dragon hordes so yeah... they need a military.

Posted by 3dc 2020-09-21 12:45|| 2020-09-21 12:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Also with France getting Islamified... and Germany coming in right behind...

Yeah, you need weapons.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-09-21 12:55|| 2020-09-21 12:55|| Front Page Top

#3 This is how you avoid fighting wars.

Posted by Iblis 2020-09-21 12:59|| 2020-09-21 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Is Fox Butterfield writing for the Daily Mail now?

Posted by charger 2020-09-21 13:36|| 2020-09-21 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 You know why they haven't fought a war? By having a military that people don't want to fight. Defunding the military is an easy way to permanent peace... the kind where you end up in a box and your country ends up in the dustbin of history.

Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2020-09-21 14:07|| 2020-09-21 14:07|| Front Page Top

#6 ...Even Der Fuhrer shied away from attacking Switzerland. They've been doing something right for a very long time.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-09-21 17:42|| 2020-09-21 17:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Geography and widespread gun ownership (required IIRC)

Posted by Frank G 2020-09-21 19:19|| 2020-09-21 19:19|| Front Page Top

#8 despite not having fought a war in 200 years

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Posted by Mercutio 2020-09-21 19:53|| 2020-09-21 19:53|| Front Page Top

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