Swiss Army chief warns of social unrest and calls upon citizens to arm themselves!
BERN, Switzerland (PNN) - December 30, 2015 - Swiss Army Chief André Blattmann warned, in a Swiss newspaper article on Sunday, the risks of social unrest in Europe are soaring. Recalling the experience of 1939/1945, Blattman fears the increasing aggression in public discourse is an explosively hazardous situation, and advises the Swiss people to arm themselves and warns that the basis for Swiss prosperity is "being called into question.”
Speaking on the record for the first time since the November Paris terror attacks, Blattmann told the newspaper that despite a rise in security incidents over the past two years, Switzerland’s means of defense were being reduced.
The situation is growing increasingly risky, Blattman said. "The threat of terror is rising, hybrid wars are being fought around the globe; the economic outlook is gloomy, and the resulting migration flows of displaced persons and refugees have assumed unforeseen dimensions."
He recalls the situation around the two world wars in the last century and advises Switzerland, to arm themselves.
The Swiss Armed Forces had held many years ago maneuver in which the starting point was focused on social unrest in Europe.
Swiss politicians, of course, responded with disbelief to the army chief and hold his warnings as exaggerated.
