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There's a difference between being able to bomb Switzerland without facing much opposition and being able to occupy and control the country. I don't think anyo
by StanislavPetrov 6y ago
There's a difference between being able to bomb Switzerland without facing much opposition and being able to occupy and control the country. I don't think anyone doubts our ability to invade Switzerland and squander endless blood and treasure in a fruitless occupation that ends in us leaving without having truly "beaten" anyone, ala Afghanistan, Vietnam, et all.
The whole point of the Swiss defense system is to make the country much more difficult and costly to invade, occupy and control than it could possibly be worth to an attacker, even if such a goal was eventually achievable. In this, history has proven them successful.
- esarbe 6y agoThere were even secret plans to set up stay-behind resistance networks in case of an occupation [0]. There's good reason to assume that similar projects still exist. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projekt-26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projekt-26