Unlike Switzerland, the US is actually worth attacking. Not that Switzerland isn...

philwelch on July 22, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apollo 11 Dismembered

Unlike Switzerland, the US is actually worth attacking. Not that Switzerland isn't, but it's in an easily defensible position. It's easy to make attacking Switzerland a bad cost-benefit. Not so much the US.

Plus we have obligations to protect foreign allies.

eru on July 22, 2009 [–]

Yes. Americans have chosen to take on those obligations in the past.