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    Swiss to vote on ending Militia system

    All the Swiss news that print to fit


    Others see things differently, most notably the Group for a Switzerland without an Army (GSoA), which is behind the September 22nd initiative to get rid of the mandatory military service. The group, founded in 1982 with the aim of abolishing the army, believes that conscription is archaic and expensive

    Man you couldn't make a more South Parky Libruls Libruls Libruls name if you tried with that.


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It reckons that the conscripted army costs Switzerland 4.7 billion francs ($5.07 billion) annually, with an additional impact of four billion francs on the economy due to workplace absences
    So, 1.5 Nimitz class carriers or 10 B-2 Bombers.
    Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.
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    Bad move.
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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    • #3
      switzerland having an army seems pointless.
      "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

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      • #4
        Stupid article.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by C0ckney View Post
          switzerland having an army seems pointless.
          You should do some reading. MOBIUS can't read, so...
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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          • #6
            Originally posted by C0ckney View Post
            switzerland having an army seems pointless.
            I know just like it's pointless for most countries to even have an army thanks to the presence of America as the defender of the free world
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            • #7
              "Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Lonestar View Post
                So, 1.5 Nimitz class carriers or 10 B-2 Bombers.
                That's initial purchase price only, not TCO.

                Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                I know just like it's pointless for most countries to even have an army thanks to the presence of America as the defender of the free world
                ****ing freeloaders

                They couldn't even drop some bombs in our backyard without our help. They ran out of ammo in less than six ****ing days. ****ing Syria has more staying power. I bet if they invaded Syria they'd get their **** kicked in and lose.

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                • #9
                  Why not just stop doing it then? Drop your defence budget to 1/5th of what it is now, you'll still spend more than anyone else and you can use the money to fund genuine free healthcare. WIN WIN For America!
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by C0ckney View Post
                    switzerland having an army seems pointless.
                    It wasn't pointless in world war II
                    If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                      Why not just stop doing it then? Drop your defence budget to 1/5th of what it is now, you'll still spend more than anyone else and you can use the money to fund genuine free healthcare. WIN WIN For America!
                      Someone doesn't know what "free" means
                      If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                        I know just like it's pointless for most countries to even have an army thanks to the presence of America as the defender of the free world
                        A fair point.
                        If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                          Why not just stop doing it then? Drop your defence budget to 1/5th of what it is now, you'll still spend more than anyone else and you can use the money to fund genuine free healthcare. WIN WIN For America!
                          Would rather have the bombs. **** public health care.

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                          • #14
                            Stop whining then, *****.
                            Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                            Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                            We've got both kinds

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                              Someone doesn't know what "free" means
                              Well, you could have it like us, where we spend less tax percentage on healthcare than you do, and still don't get bankrupted when we get sick.

                              The fact this is a thing that's required in a rich country is insane : http://lifehacker.com/how-to-figure-...ium=socialflow
                              Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                              Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                              We've got both kinds

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