The story that I heard was that before WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm was watching the Swiss Army on a field exercise and when he asked a crusty, old, Sergeant Major that question, the SGM gave the same answer. Being a SGM, he probably sprinkled his response with a little spicy language, but isn't that the norm for a senior NCO? Whatever the Swiss did, their threat of violence kept them out of both World Wars. They probably could have kicked the Austro-Hungarians and Italians collective butts, but the Germans don't play by the rules, so that might have been bad for all involved.
