Deep pacifist roots leading to excessive hand wringing again
Despite decades of slow but steady progress between Germany and Israel in the buildup of political and diplomatic ties, trade and goodwill – and even several years now of good albeit quiet cooperation between German and Israeli armed forces – the idea of German soldiers possibly being stationed along the Israeli border as part of an international peace-keeping force is still just a little bit too much for most Germans to take.
Okay, it’s only been a mere seven years since Germany took part in its first combat operations since World War II (NATO support in Yugoslavia). But now, 60 years after the Holocaust, isn’t it maybe time for the Germans to try and step over that long, dark shadow of theirs and give a new buddy a hand?
Long before a ceasefire has even been reached in the current Mideast crises, much less the fruition of any concrete international peace-keeping plans, many Germans are already writhing in their seats in anguish and secretly wishing for the good ole’ days of Gerhard Schröder when they could just simply say no to constructive cooperation of any kind before ever even being asked.
Okay, it’s only been a mere seven years since Germany took part in its first combat operations since World War II (NATO support in Yugoslavia). But now, 60 years after the Holocaust, isn’t it maybe time for the Germans to try and step over that long, dark shadow of theirs and give a new buddy a hand?
Ich reich dir die Hand. Ich bin aber unbewaffnet, ja?
Kommentare auf Deutsch? Logisch.
Haben sich unsere Millitärs nicht schon vor dem Kongo Einsatz beschwert, dass wir dafür nicht genug Truppen haben? (Comment this)
Es ist halt dasselbe Verhalten wie bei einem gefährlichen Straßenverlauf: Da wird ein Geschwindigkeitlimit ja auch immer erst dann eingeführt, nachdem die ersten am Baum hängen.
Langfristig in beiden Fällen ein schwacher Trost für die Angehörigen, aber eine Verbesserung der Situation für die Allgemeinheit. (Comment this)