Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein

[Rose Siding]

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- 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 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back....

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

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.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Mistaken-Invasion.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[Geoff R. Casavant]

1. Thus touching off World War 0.000000000000003

Were they at least greeted as liberators?

[MidwestTransplant]

3. LOL

[Burma Jones]

2. Damn Aggressive Watch-making Fascists

Does Liechtenstein have vast quantities of fine machine oil?

[buczak]

4. world war III

Luckly, the swiss didn't invade the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. That would have cause some real problems.

[TlalocW]

5. But they were carrying those scary Swiss Army Knives!

You could put an eye out with that corkscrew!

TlalocW

[Kber]

6. And we all know it's all fun and war games

until someone looses an eye!

[Lisa]

7. how's this for a weapon of mass destruction?

You could take a lot of stuff apart with this 85-implement beast.




http://www.wengerna.com/browse/product.jsp?prod_id=1260&cat_id=1&cat_name=Knives&sub_cat_id=23

[Slyder]

8. We need to invade Switzerland!

Yes, the Swiss Army Knife is a WMD! This is just something our Napoleon-complexed Dear Leader would do! The last person to invade was Napoleon!

[reprobate]

9. Sure you could take stuff apart, but who has a pocket big enough for it?

[struggle4progress]

10. Ancient Alemannic-Walser rivalry now threatens stability of the principality