Such a turning point demands and overwhelms.
Especially when it affects the Bundeswehr, which has been neglected in terms of equipment and recognition for years.
The special fund of 100 billion euros announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz is a strong promise.
Before the procurement - laborious enough - there is a debate about what the troops actually need and should get.
And those are two different things.
The CSU overshoots the mark when they demand an “Irondome for Berlin” for Germany.
That makes it all too easy for the armaments skeptics in the SPD and among the Greens to reject the entire package and shy away from the really important questions, such as: Is the federal government creating armed drones?
Uniform as an impertinence
In times of peace, some MPs could still afford to distrust their own government.
By now, at the latest, it should be clear to everyone that Putin is the one who is capable of all sorts of evil.
One can only hope that Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht doesn't just mean socks and long johns when it comes to better "personal equipment" for soldiers.
On the other hand, what cannot be bought with 100 billion euros is acceptance and recognition.
Until recently, some train drivers still found it unreasonable if a soldier in uniform sat next to them in the compartment free of charge.