Yet the swiss banking system wholeheartedly (but not in the open), supported
the Nazis during world war II, and attempted by any means possible to not
give back the money deposited in swiss banks by jewish holocaust survivors
because of swiss "neutrality". Just within the last year through very
influencial international involvement, has some of that money been
begrudgingly agreed to be returned to the rightful owners.
hmm....to be "neutral"...
Larry
Jan Steinman wrote:
> >no reasonable person
> >could conclude that a U.S. citizen traveling within the United States or
> >abroad has freedom of travel not surpassed by a Swiss Citizen...
>
> Actually, I think this could be conclusively proven or disproven.
> There are MANY places where US citizens are not welcome that a
> "neutral" Swiss citizen can easily go. There are MANY places where
> the US State Department issues official warnings not to visit, where
> Swiss citizens blithely go on holiday. There are even a few that our
> freedom-loving government WILL NOT ALLOW us to go to, which is not
> true of the Swiss.
>
> But then I'd guess Rob wouldn't care to visit any of those places
> anyway, so they don't count. :-)
>
> And should your international flight get hi-jacked by terrorists --
> do you think the guy with the Uzi collecting passports gets excited
> when he sees a red one with a cross on the front? Nah, they get bonus
> points for the blue ones with the eagle! :-)
>
> In my experience living abroad -- which includes 18 months in
> Switzerland -- the Swiss passport is among the most respected and
> coveted.
>
> But anyway, so long Rob. It's been disturbing. Email filtering is
> wonderful -- feel free to put me in yours.
>
> --
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>
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