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		philwelch on July 22, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apollo 11 Dismembered Unlike Switzerland, the US is actually worth attacking. Not that Switzerland isn't, but it's in an easily defensible position. It's easy to make attacking Switzerland a bad cost-benefit. Not so much the US. Plus we have obligations to protect foreign allies.

eru on July 22, 2009 [–]

Yes. Americans have chosen to take on those obligations in the past.

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