31 May 2007

• This is about Schweiz history during WWII. According to several articles on the web, I found out that the country negotiated with Nazi-Germany. What they did is that they made an offer; letting the Germans use their railways for transportation of goods (no solders or weapons) in exchange of raw materials. Some people criticize the nation as it supposed to be neutral. Unlike Sweden which was somewhat off distance from the war zone, Schweiz was surrounded by the countries on war. No country can be neutral when their neighbours are fighting each other, or that country will be perished by the force of one of them with a conspiracy of supporting the opponent in future. Vichy France took similar strategy also. People already have subjection of Nazis was bad, because of Holocaust stuffs, on the other hand, if we see the force as a military troops seemed to be the winning side, making a trade instead of losing their citizens lives is a cleaver choice. (yeah, rejecting refugees was a bad side effect maybe..) It is all about where to put your point of view. Saving lives and its country for wasting time and money to fight each other? If you are anti-war, you definitely want to keep distance from getting involved with the war-loving fanatics.