You may get a wrong impression about skraut. He's just bored and fed up. This is about having the same discussion with almost every Anglo about this topic. The worst kind ist the "we" kicked "your" ass, "you" deserved it variant, mostly comes up after some cold ones. Modern Germans can't relate to the "you" part as well as Anglos of every age can relate to the "we" part even 2 generations after the end of WW2. It tastes like a cheap insult born from circumstances neither of us had any influence on. Anyway, we're still atoning for the past, and we're quite thankful that the Allies didn't repeat the mistakes of the Versailles treaty, quite the contrary.
I believe this mission will require well-trained and well-disciplined units who are seen as "not having a dog in the fight." The German forces would be of great value as peacekeepers, and if they would accept the burden of a leadership role in this, they are to be commended. Who would blame them if they didn't, of course, for there is risk? If not Germany, who? If not now, when?