OT: Not-so-precise Swiss army unit mistakenly invades Liechtenstein

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sun Aug 12 19:56:57 UTC 2007


Howard Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:30:39 -0400
> "Scott Elcomb" <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> If armed American soldiers ended up more than a Kilometer into Canada,
>> would the story be as funny?
>>
>> Yes this is way OT, but an interesting exercise nonetheless, IMO.
>>     
>
> Scott,
>
>    I believe there was an incident in which the Italian army invaded Sweden.  It was a NATO exercise.  The airliner was diverted for some reason, the Italians were not told, and they were left wandering around a Swedish airport in full camo until someone figured what was going on.
>
>   
Then there was the Mexican "invasion" of the U.S., after Katrina.

However, we should still keep an eye open for Viking longships around
Hans Island.  ;-)


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