The invasion of Liechtenstein by Switzerland is over. For now at least. The sub-miniature European Country is safe for now, but there is no evidence that the Swiss curbed the aggressive territorial ambitions of the Liechtensteinians, either.
As well as the obligatory Swiss army knives, the troops were armed with assault rifles – however, they had no ammunition, Mr Reist said.
Officials in Liechtenstein, which is on Switzerland's eastern borders, also sought to play down the incident.
Markus Amman, an interior ministry spokesman, said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers. "It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something," he said.
If the Swiss had decided to invade and annex Liechtenstein, which has a population of around 34,000, it probably would have been a walkover. Liechtenstein is a quarter the size of the Isle of Man, and does not have an army.
Personally, we here at Blue Crab Boulevard think the crack team of fierce Liechtensteinian attack goats scared the swiss off. Especially since the Swiss troops weren't even as well armed as Barney Fife – they didn't even have a single bullet in their shirt pockets.
