Reply to post: Re: Once again ....

Crypto AG backdooring rumours were true, say German and Swiss news orgs after explosive docs leaked

Graham Cobb Silver badge

Re: Once again ....

Nah. That's just money. Switzerland's (former) reputation for banking privacy made Switzerland a lot of money, which is now reduced.

Neutrality, however, threatens the safety of their nationals and maybe even the whole existence of their country. In the 20th century wars it was convenient for all protagonists to have a (small) country that was truly neutral. Now that Switzerland has shown itself allied to the US it has become no better than Spain was in WW2 - maybe not an active protagonist but clearly supporting one side.

If I was Swiss, living in or visiting Iran or Iraq, I would be a lot more worried about being targetted as a suspected US spy now.

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