Swiss Miss/Libs think our military makes mistakes

[Hobbit]

A group of Swiss soldiers out on a training exercise got lost and accidentally invaded Leichtenstein, a country of 34,000 that's smaller than Washington D.C. France surrenders.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MISTAKEN_INVASION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-03-02-08-44-19

Taking all bets now on which great cause will be blamed first, Bush or global warming.

[avatar4321]

Swiss Accidently invade Liechtenstien (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070302/ap_on_fe_st/mistaken_invasion)


ZURICH, Switzerland - What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.

According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.

A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.

"We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein and it's not a problem," Daniel Reist told The Associated Press.

Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident.

Interior ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. "It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something," he said.

Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller than Washington DC, doesn't have an army.

Good thing they didn't accidently invade France. The French would be really busy this morning explaining why they surrendered so easily.

[Nienna]

Needs to be merged with Hobbit's post in Humor. :)

[Abbey Marie]

Done, I think.

[trobinett]

Does this mean we have to send foreign aid?

[Gaffer]

Does this mean we have to send foreign aid?

No just a bunch of un peace keepers to rape and pillage while they protect the population.