Summary: Belgium's long history of 'neutrality' became a cynical ploy or joke, just like in Sweden or Switzerland; inaction when something illegal is being done isn't good enough
"In the United Kingdom, the Foreign Enlistment Act 1819 and the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 make it unlawful for British subjects to join the armed forces of any state warring with another state at peace with Britain."
![Jérôme Debrulle: I 'acknowledged that [illegal] rules were needed, but would need to abstain for the reasons given.'](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/jerome-quote.png)
