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Combining the staggering delusion of a Napoleonic complex with the moral consistency of Swiss cheese \u2014 mostly holes \u2014 the tiny Alpine nation of Switzerland announced<\/a> it is officially restricting certain arms exports to the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n Why? Because the United States is currently engaged in a conflict with Iran \u2014 a regime known for executing dissidents \u2014 and the Swiss, in their infinite, mountain-air-induced wisdom, have decided that being \u201cneutral\u201d means treating the arsonist and the fireman as equals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The hilarity of a country with a population smaller than New York City trying to \u201cdiscipline\u201d the world\u2019s lone superpower via a sudden export cutoff on small-arms parts and fighter-jet components is peak 2026.\u00a0<\/span>The Swiss Federal Council, presumably taking a break from counting other people\u2019s money, declared that under their \u201cWar Materiel Act,\u201d it simply cannot authorize exports to countries involved in \u201cinternational armed conflict.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Let\u2019s look at the \u201cstoried\u201d history of Swiss neutrality. This is the same nation that, during World War II, acted as the primary laundromat for the Third Reich. While the rest of Europe was being reduced to rubble, the Swiss National Bank was busy<\/a> processing roughly 79% of all gold shipments sent abroad by the Nazi Reichsbank. Switzerland didn\u2019t just take the gold; it took the \u201cvictim gold\u201d \u2014 precious metals literally pried from the hands and teeth of those being liquidated by the Nazis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Back then, the Swiss argued that accepting stolen Nazi gold was a \u201cneutral\u201d act that prevented an invasion. Today, they claim that\u00a0<\/span>denying<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>parts to American F-35s is a \u201cneutral\u201d act to promote peace. It seems Swiss neutrality always manages to find a way to inconvenience the side fighting the totalitarians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n