I bet no Western capitalists use Swiss banks, LOL

Hypocrite

Deflect much

Switzerland were neutral in WW2. Absolute legends!

1) You're a hypocrite

2) The Swiss aren't even part of the EU and with good reason, lol. No one is gonna force them to make decisions they don't want. Mad much? Good

lol. No.

"Pieth says that Switzerland benefited from its neutrality during World War II by purchasing vast amounts of gold from Allied and Axis powers. It exchanged the precious metal for Swiss francs, the only free convertible currency at the time outside the American dollar. This trade benefitted Germany in particular, effectively turning Switzerland into an enabler of the German war effort. The Swiss acquired 79% of all German gold delivered to foreign countries, with 90% of that ending up in the Swiss National Bank and the remainder in commercial banks. It is believed that Swiss banks bought CHF1.7 billion ($1.7 billion) worth of Nazi gold, including gold that Germany plundered from the reserves of conquered countries, notably Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway. Some of this gold was confiscated from private persons or removed from victims of concentration camps. After the war, the burning question was how much Switzerland knew about the gold and when. The Alpine nation agreed to pay reparations worth CHF250 million and also promised to identify dormant accounts which were heirless."

If by neutral you mean Nazi collaborators. Then yes, neutral.



Its not a moral decision, its a financial decision. Part time humanist, full time bootlicker.

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Mar 13 2023 11:41am

They were officially neutral.

Clearly.

They were buying gold extracted from concentration camps.

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Mar 13 2023 11:44am

not a fan of switerland then.


anyway the swiss position:

President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset says that Switzerland’s neutrality is more important than ever which does not allow the country to send weapons to Ukraine.

"The government's position is clear, it also corresponds to my personal position: Swiss weapons must not be used in wars," Berset told Neue Zueriche Zeitung am Sonntag in an interview, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to him, Bern's policy is based on "commitment to peace, humanitarian law, mediation where possible."

The President emphasized that Switzerland seeks to be present wherever it can contribute to mediation and peace. He also considers it necessary to hold negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, and "the sooner, the better."

As reported, the Swiss government previously stated that it would not change its policy on the ban on the transfer of Swiss-made weapons to third countries, despite pressure from European countries regarding their supply to Ukraine. In January, two parliamentary committees in Switzerland recommended relaxing the rules. However, after the meeting on March 10, the government rejected this call.

The years-long tradition of neutrality became the subject of debate after the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and calls from European partners to provide ammunition and allow the re-export of equipment with Swiss spare parts.

Switzerland rejected requests from Germany, Spain, and Denmark referring to the Act on War Materiel which prohibits any re-export if a recipient country is in an international armed conflict.

At the same time, Switzerland joined many European sanctions against the Russian Federation.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 13 2023 01:06pm

My opinion doesn't matter. The facts matter.

Facts, matter.

and the fact is switzerland has stated that it advocates peace and de-escalation.

I think its wrong to say that your opinion does not matter.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 13 2023 01:12pm