In a way, Germany has long been a party to the Ukraine war.
Because even those who do not shoot down planes themselves, but only supply the weapons, are not neutral.
It is more than understandable that the West is not doing more;
but it is also understandable that Ukraine, fighting for life and death, demands more.
The call to all the world to volunteer has not been in vain so far.
No wonder, it is very seldom so clear who is the aggressor and who is the victim.
The federal government, which was always so clear before the United Nations, has now expressed itself in an astonishing way about possible German volunteers.
She will not (be able to) prevent Germans from fighting in Ukraine, whether on the Ukrainian or Russian side.
Only extremists should be prevented from participating in combat operations.
I beg your pardon?
Are we neutral?
Anyone who is now fighting on the side of Russia is taking part in a war of aggression and is therefore basically an enemy of the constitution per se.
That must be clear to everyone.
Of course you don't want to promote any other kind of mercenary activity.
And service for foreign armies is by no means unproblematic, recruiting for it is even a criminal offence.
But here there is a victim of an attack, who has every right to individual and collective self-defense, and a perpetrator,