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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by lostmymind66 on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:11PM (#20309184)
WW2 was about conquest and they were invaded by the Russians. Being neutral didn't really save them from the attack.

When push comes to shove, neutral countries eventually need to pick sides or they will be taken over.

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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by gdy on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:30PM (#20309698)
You are misinformed, Finland wasn't neutral before WW2 and it wasn't neutral before the Winter War.
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by hn23 on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:15PM (#20309599)
The Swiss would disagree. Neutral by constitution..
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Re:US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 coun... by Macross8299 on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:39PM (#20310681)
Swiss Neutrality did not save them in WW2 either, only German strategic calculus and the idea within the German high command that a mountain campaign would be too costly in military terms. It wasn't their neutrality that saved them, it was military deterrence. Push did NOT come to shove for them.

You cannot seriously assert that if Germany beats the UK and Russia, they will decide to simply leave Switzerland alone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum#Nazi_atti...

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