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Swiss war game envisages invasion by bankrupt French
The Telegraph ^ | 9-30-13 | Henry Samuel, Paris

Posted on 10/02/2013 4:56:41 PM PDT by dynachrome

Operation “Duplex-Barbara” went as far as imagining a three-pronged invasion from points near Neufchâtel, Lausanne and Geneva, according to a map published in the Swiss newspaper.

Behind the dastardly raid was a paramilitary organisation dubbed BLD, the Dijon Free Brigade bent on grabbing back “money that Switzerland had stolen from Saônia”.

“For its credibility, the Swiss army must work (to ward against) threats of the 21st century,” Antoine Vielliard, Hauate-Savoie councillor, told Matin Dimanche.

This is by no means the first imaginary scenario dreamed up by the Swiss army. Last year, it carried out an exercise based on the premise that a huge wave of refugees crossed into the country after the implosion of the European Single Currency and ensuing chaos across the continent.

“Stabilo Due” centered around a risk map created in 2010 and envisaged internal unrest between warring factions as well as the possibility of refugees from Greece, Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defense; switzerland; wargames
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Another Telegraph article that made me go "Hmmmmm...."

H/T to http://www.SHTFplan.com for this.

1 posted on 10/02/2013 4:56:41 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

So their war games are “send a message to the UN instructing the French to surrender”?


2 posted on 10/02/2013 4:59:10 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Government: Slimy used car salesmen writing laws forcing you to buy their cars)
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To: dynachrome

My money is on the Swiss.


3 posted on 10/02/2013 5:00:43 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: dynachrome

The Swiss are tough; they defeated the Austrian Hapsburg duke Leopold at Sempach in 1368 with their halberd spears, so most of Europe left them alone. Perhaps they will be the last redoubt against world government.


4 posted on 10/02/2013 5:06:44 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: dynachrome

When was the last time France invaded anyone; The Napoleonic Wars?


5 posted on 10/02/2013 5:08:31 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: dynachrome

Isn’t part of the LHC loop in France? When the French cut the power (the built an N-plant or two to supply it) to it, that’s when the Swiss will know to expect hordes of illegal muslim invaders entering through the LHC tunnel.


6 posted on 10/02/2013 5:09:28 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: dynachrome
How about Liechtenstein? Or . . . Grand Fenwick?


7 posted on 10/02/2013 5:11:00 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: AFreeBird

Algeria, Viet Nam, Mali


8 posted on 10/02/2013 5:11:47 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: dynachrome

Countries that are bankrupt can’t afford to conduct military operations.

Military operations require cash to pay for “stuff” like supplies and soldier’s pay.

The only way bankrupt countries can engage in war is if an international banker lends their leader money to fund their war effort.

Since Switzerland is the home of the BIS, I doubt international banking would finance a war there.


9 posted on 10/02/2013 5:12:52 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: dynachrome
The scenario is not so far fetched.

Currently Swiss banks are under attack for complying with Swiss law. The US and other nations have threatened to use force against Swiss banks and Swiss citizens caught outside of Switzerland if they refuse to rat out secret account holders.

To keep their branches open and their ability to travel, they have complied.

This scenario just extends the attack inside Swiss borders, it is the money they want, after all.

In a few years this tactic against the Swiss will backfire, as Russia and China will begin to enforce their law worldwide in the same manner, and previously protected Europeans and Americans will wake up in Eastern European and Asian Jails. As the Us loses economic and military power, they will lose the ability to threaten the ascending nations, and Obama's chickens will come home to roost.

10 posted on 10/02/2013 5:14:47 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: dynachrome

Operation Tannenbaum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum


11 posted on 10/02/2013 5:15:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dynachrome

The Swiss should be more concerned with in-country ROP violins.


12 posted on 10/02/2013 5:16:28 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: dynachrome
Throughout world war II and the cold war Switzerland had an elaborate network of fortified mountain strongholds, and plans to demolish key roadways to deprive invading troops of infrastructure. Those facilities have largely been decommissioned. At least one is a tourist destination.
13 posted on 10/02/2013 5:19:39 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: dynachrome

That’s like Vermont invading Texas.

Then again all of them will likely get sidetracked at the first Ikea before the Texans could get the safety off...Which isn’t fair to the Texans.


14 posted on 10/02/2013 5:20:06 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: dynachrome

The new world order plan for European countries to lose their national sovereignty is already operational, it’s the European Union.

The real attack is not planned as any military action but merely some voting which would fold the nations of Europe officially into one nation.


15 posted on 10/02/2013 5:22:31 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: cripplecreek
cripplecreek :" My money is on the Swiss."

I disagree !
Both their defenses , .. and their cheese, has holes in it !
and they studied under the French (Gaul ).
Signed : Hannibal

16 posted on 10/02/2013 5:23:38 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: dynachrome

I’ve climbed the lower of some of those ‘hills”. No one is getting in without permission


17 posted on 10/02/2013 5:33:39 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: bert

I meant lately, like the last 100 years or so. France’s relations, conquests and colonial aspirations for the places you named, go back centuries.

Vietnam (part of French Indo-China) was more or less under French control since the late 19th century. Initiated by Napoleon III.

So technically after the Napoleonic Wars of the Bonaparte era, but still.


18 posted on 10/02/2013 5:37:00 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: muir_redwoods

There is a pretty cool video out there somewhere of a mountain road in Switzerland. Suddenly, the mountain wall swings open and a fighter jet screams out of the hidden bunker and takes flight.


19 posted on 10/02/2013 5:46:33 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: AFreeBird

Mali 2012


20 posted on 10/02/2013 5:59:14 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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