5,000 Swiss Army Troops Will Protect World's Billionaires During Annual Davos Boondoggle
With a new wave of terrorism, mass shootings and unprecedented social violence around the globe now a part of the daily routine for billions of people across both developed and developing nations, one group wants to be certain there is no chance of "close encounters", violent or otherwise, with the peasantry during its upcoming annual boondoggle at the World Economic Forum in Davos. According to Swissinfo, when the world's billionaires land their private jets in the gorgeous Swiss town (which at 1,560 m is also the highest town in Europe) on January 20, they will have up to 5,000 Swiss army troops protecting them.
As a result, the Swiss army has begun on-site preparations for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos.
Swissinfo reports that the head of the canton Graubünden police force, Walter Schlegel, who is responsible for the operation overall, said back in December that his anti-terror resources had already been at maximum capacity since the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, and that expanding them was “not even possible”.
As it turns out, someone made a phone call to the right people, and promptly parliament gave its approval for an upper limit of 5,000 soldiers to help with the WEF meeting from January 15-25.
In response to a question from the German-language newspaper Südostschweiz as to whether there would be a heightened security presence this year Schlegel said that the upper limit of 5,000 army personnel would “definitely not be reached”. Unless it is, of course.
Putting the 5,000 troop maximum in context, it represents a more than 10-fold increase of the existing security coverage for the World Economic Forum: there are currently 450 army personnel in Davos preparing security measures for the meeting, according to the defence ministry. The yearly get-together of the world’s most influential politicians, CEOs, celebrities and social-change makers in the south-eastern corner of Switzerland, begins on January 20 and runs for four days.
Who will be tasked with protecting the world's most valuable "assets"? Swissinfo explains:
Professional soldiers from the military police, and not members of the militia, will be deployed for the protection of specific people and for running entry checkpoints for access to the meeting area. A number of police officers from around Switzerland will also provide support in Davos, although the exact numbers are not yet known.
Outside of Davos the army will be protecting infrastructure, carrying out logistical tasks and providing command support during the event. They will have the same powers as the police.
The airforce will be carrying out observational and transport flights. In addition, access to the airspace above Davos and nearby airfields will be restricted from January 18 to 24.
Visitors to the WEF meeting will be able to land at the Dübendorf military airfield in canton Zurich and then fly by helicopter to Davos, as in previous years. Entry and customs checks will be carried out at Dübendorf.
Of course, the reason why the local billionaires suddenly feel less safe on the old continent is simple: Elysium has not been constructed just yet. Soon though...
And since the world's richest have no choice but to stay on Earth, here is a reminder of the earth food and unearthly prices they will be subject to in 2 weeks: a $43 hot dog; a $47 burger: a $55 caesar salad.
This is what a $55 caesar salad looks like:
And said $43 hot dog:
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as someone here posted a few days ago...
"never underestimate the power of the need to obey....."
https://books.google.com/books?id=Gcc9HQ__HUYC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Never...
would be nice to see those 5000 guys take control.
They'll be millionaires by the time it's over.
And they all end up fertilizer for the daffodils like everyone else usually within 80 years.
And the world would honor their memories forever.
Those nice folks are worth 20 troops, at best. Besides, they should be footing the entire bill, but I doubt it.
Of course not. Taxpayers and shareholders are sweethearts that way.
Not that they cover every single centime, of course. I dare say part of the interest and dividend revenue from smart investments of the Nazi gold that the Swiss never got around to returning to the heirs of its Jewish owners helps cover the cost.
I hope they gouge the hell out of them with price hikes...say a beer costs $50 and a Martini $200
With any luck one of the tow missiles or stingers that doesn't exist and wasn't illegally transferred to Al-Qaeda ISIS terrorist will not be fired at them. Its a good thing that Hillary Clinton and Obama never did any of that.
The company credit card will be used, regardless.
Why would anyone need armed protection when we have Laws that prohibit violence..........?
+100
That's not the answer I was looking for but I do like the way you think
What could they talk about? "I lost $6B since the new year, I'll take two of those dogs".
I wouldn't pay more than 6 dollars for that salad and the dressing better be exquisite in light of the bad company. Bet a drink that there is no GMO on the menu in that bitch.
Ahhhhhh that's why the food looks like garbage.
Ahhhhhh that's why the food looks like garbage.
Wonder what they pay for call girls there.
Those guys like little boys so the going rate is 2 snickers bars.
They probably bring their own slaves to share... and the children to sacrifice, of course.
Children to share, slaves to sacrifice, fixed it
i made a booboo
The extra supply will make up for it, same thing during UN assemblies or when the republican convention gets together. The hookers fly in from all over the country to cash in. Keeps prices right where they are.
They need gun control, gun free zone, no guns for those security forces, since they tell us guns kill people and are dangerous all by themselves.
Of all the events that could use a small nuke, this is one of them.
That does not sound very Christian ... then again, acts of God (such as tidal waves) have been known to happen.
I believe this falls under the good of the many outweighs the greed of a few.
... or underwater Nuke initiated tidal waves such as the case with Fukushima.
Switzerland has always been a land of mercenaries.
Templar mercenaries, templar banks ... which have just changed names over the centuries.
Gotta guard Satan's stronghold on earth.
This is why finding the appropriate people to guillotine will be easy. For a while their own arrogance will give themselves away. For a while anyway, be optimistic.
Well, the dirty dozen does come to mind ..
Just need to get them all into the basement ..
Yes, their wives and mistresses too ..
OTOH, some enterprising contrarian zillionaire just needs to offer the Yakuza a cool trillion to borrow their interferometer ..
In 1990 it took a measly $10 billion to Gorbachev to step down and end the USSR. Today, would a cool trillion be worth it to fulfill The Voice's prophecy to Jim Willie?
I was just watching Agent X up to date ..
Who knows what these Intel Cowboys have up their sleeves ..
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/12/20/very-very-bad-things/
Bingo. Solders of fortune, especially ones that have survived and live well have no allegiance necessarily. Considering what the American government has asked of and done to it's own forces and considering what they have recieved in return, I am amazed we have not seen a military coup yet.
Sad to say, but the only reason I'd watch the SOTU address is the off chance that the military will march in, arrest the lot of them, tri them in full accordance with the law, and then execute every last one of those guilty motherfucking traitors.
And--I'm channeling my inner Stalin--execute their descendents too, as a warning.
What kind of idiots would attack by land?
Not sure why they need 5,000 drones to guard them. The general populace are both too entertained and scared out of their mind to find their way to this meeting. Most would worship these billionaires anyways.
Beheadings are to humane.
Where's the cannister of VX when you need it.
I want these fuckers bleeding out their eye holes.
I think it rightly serves those sociopaths to have to forego their expensive WARM resorts to go to that gawd-forsaken COLD place in that little place in the mountains for their annual meeting. Of course, if they don't go, the godfathers would be dis-pleased and cut them off.
Rarely does such a small group of ordinary people have such a large opportunity to change the world for the better. The Greek 300 would be overshadowed by the Swiss 5000.
...the world would be a better place.
All the top bankers in Switzerland are high ranking army officers as well so there is no chance of that happening.
Thinking of the Stark wedding to the Iron Throne. For the more Classical or original story, Odysseus returning after the Trojan War
WTF? That's not a caesar...it's just a regular fucking house salad!
Croutons are $12.00 extra.
Yes, we were all up in arms about this last year. The injustice of it all!!
Let them eat cheese fondue!!!
5000 soldiers should be enough to keep the Arabs from kidnapping the woman and stealing all the gold fillings from their teeth.
That said, most of the illegal around Davos have been put on buses to Cologne. So they will not cause any trouble for those carrying silver spoons.
ISIS is a billionaires' proxy force. They won't attack their paymaster - while the money flows anyway.
How many assholes do we have on this ship, anyway?
Apparently the answer is 5000.
Asshole, Major Asshole! Dark Helmet: And his cousin? Colonel Sandurz: He's an asshole too sir. Gunner's mate First Class Philip Asshole! Dark Helmet: How many asholes do we have on this ship, anyway? ... I'm surrounded by assholes!
a maggot convention. isn't that special? [/church lady]
Who gives them their ideas I wonder. Could it be Satan? [/church lady]
Only 2 points:
1. I am worth and deserve the protection.
2. The prices are irrelevant because they are all income tax deductions :-))