The surprise was not that it balked at sending forces-it is a recent and reluctant participant in such adventures, and even German critics of the abstention think that this intervention is a bad idea.

令人吃惊之处并不在于德国不愿派兵——德国最近才勉强参加了此类冒险活动，德国的弃权派批评家甚至认为军事干预都是一个馊主意。