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Swiss army open to peacekeeping role on the Ukrainian-Russian border (www.swissinfo.ch)
submitted 5 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au
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“If we receive the order to take part in a mission, we would draw up a training concept to train our soldiers and prepare them for deployment. Then we would start recruiting and train the members of the armed forces,” Süssli continued to SonntagsBlick. The use of weapons would only be permitted in a self-defence situation. “The mandate is decided by the government and parliament,” he added.

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The Swiss went from being neutral in wars to being the new world police. Glad someone wants to keep the peace.

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hard to keep laundering money when those troublesome sanctions get in the way.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 5 months ago

The Struggle of the Money changer

[–] urandom@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

They went back to being world police

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 9 points 5 months ago

Which border?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A week after first deployment: Oops, looks like we're in a war now because we had to use weapons in self defense because Putin is a fuckhole.

Like who the fuck do they think they're kidding about how this would go?

[–] AAA@feddit.org -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Swiss army to be rolled over first during Russia's second invasion.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

How the fuck do people fear the Russian army like this? Literally any western military force would be able to wipe out the entire invading force in Ukraine in a matter of weeks, if not days!

The only things preventing them from doing so is:

  1. risk of (albeit small) casualties
  2. risk of Russian retaliation through ICBMs (unlikely, but can’t be ruled out)
  3. opening up a nation to Russian-led cyberattacks
  4. a decisive decimation of Russian forces would be bad for Western arms manufacturers in the short-term
  5. a decisive decimation of Russian forces without the collapse of the Russian Federation or ousting of Putin will likely lead to a follow-on conflict in 10-20 years time