That's a along the lines of what I was going to say. The mountains provide the perfect natural border. A bit tricky to send foot soldiers into and too many places for an ambush.
The US however, our borders are really not that great as far as terrain. Flat wide open spaces or beaches, very easily accessed. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:58 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Switzerland and Peace & Harmony They also have mandatory military service for nearly all men and women. As well as well defined militias where current members keep and maintain military small arms in their home. Was a very interesting show on the Swiss military. They have some very impressive installations dug into those alpine mountains they ski down. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA -----Original Message----- From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:51 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Switzerland and Peace & Harmony >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>| >>| More over, something Adam doesn't realize. The only reason >>| he can be a snotty, whiney bitch is because of that defense >>| spending. Please do realize, if we cut back, disarmed, and >>| I don't know, planted the seeds of love and harmony and >>| good will, someone would invade us eventually. Who knows >>| maybe the Mexicans or something. How does Switzerland get away with it then? They don't hurt anyone, stay out of the wars, ski all the time, and make great chocolate ... What's their secret? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
