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Semiapies
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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars
On the other hand, the Swiss Guard show up wherever the Pope goes.
eru
on Nov 24, 2010
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That's like counting all the people in the French Foreign Legion as soldiers of their home country.
Semiapies
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How do you mean?
eru
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The Swiss guard is a military unit of the Vatican, not of Switzerland. Or is it?
Semiapies
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Both. The Pontifical Swiss Guard, which is the remaining active branch of the Swiss Guard, is a Swiss military unit (consisting of strictly Swiss citizens) that serves in a guard role for the Vatican.
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