An interesting documentary from Al Jazeera on Switzerland’s militia system. A few mistakes, but a fabulous quote from Ueli Maurer, the former head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence :
Do you know any other country where a member of the government can talk to armed people without any protection ? (16:55)
Dr. Ron Paul is probably the only foreign politician who truly understood what this really means. Ron Paul mentioned the Swiss model as reference several times in his 2008 presidential campaign :