Schweizer könnte zur Friedenssicherung in der Ukraine beitragen, sagt der Chef des Armee
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swiss-could-contribute-peacekeeping-ukraine-army-chief-says-2025-02-23/
Von Alex09464367
Schweizer könnte zur Friedenssicherung in der Ukraine beitragen, sagt der Chef des Armee
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swiss-could-contribute-peacekeeping-ukraine-army-chief-says-2025-02-23/
Von Alex09464367
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Just a small note on this topic:
>Peace support within an international context is one of the three tasks of the Swiss Armed Forces.
>This mission is laid down in the Swiss Federal Constitution and the Swiss Military Act. Apart from peace support, the three tasks of the Swiss Armed Forces include defence and subsidiary support of the civilian authorities. Although Switzerland is not a member of the NATO alliance, the Swiss Armed Forces are participating with SWISSCOY (acronym for Swiss Company) in the international peace support mission of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swisscoy
>The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission for the Korean Armistice (NNSC) is the Swiss Armed Forces‘ oldest peacekeeping mission. As early as 1953, the Federal Council decided to send around 150 members of the armed forces to Korea. Today, five Swiss officers and five Swedish officers are deployed in this mission and are stationed in Panmunjom immediately south of the demarcation line.
https://www.peacekeeping.ch/missionen/nnsc
Switzerland is involved in this worldwide with peacekeeping troops, which I think is absolutely right. Two good friends of mine served in Kosovo. The pay is pretty good, the Enrolment conditions are not easy. Apart from the missions with NATO/EU, it is the only opportunity for our army to acquire knowledge outside Switzerland, which I personally find most valuable.
And Switzerland is making its presence felt, which is not insignificant.
I believe it’s needed to have external peacekeeping forces when two countries were at war.
Because there’s always some soldiers and an officer who’ll be an idiot, and all it takes is a spark.
However we should put our neutrality into question. We weren’t neutral with the sanctions, and it is terribly dangerous to profit from both side of a conflict, something some of our companies have been totally profiting from, for example by making GLONASS compatible drone parts.
And politicians are closing their eyes if it means extra profits, as they always did including in WW2. But playing both sides is the best way to lose twice.
Survival of Switzerland is the main objective. And I feel like our current best chance at survival is siding siding NATO and all our surrounding countries.
As for sending peacekeeping troops, I don’t know if we’re the right people for this.
But this war will find an end, perhaps this year.
I’m worried about who will be next, and if everybody will stand there and watch or give way too little help like we did with Ukraine.
What help is an airline for the Ukraine efforts? Will they hand out a little chocolate and a bottle of water to the soldiers?