Daru/Camus' neutrality

I think we can see the same deliberate neutrality in Daru as we've been talking about with regards to Camus' position on the Algerian War, justice etc. Daru tells the gendarme that "tout ca me degoute, et ton gars le premier. Mais je ne le liverai pas. Me battre, oui, s'il le faut. Mais pas ca." This seems to define what we know was Camus' opinion - like Daru, he loathed killing (as represented by the Arab, who murdered his cousin), but also like Daru's refusal to hand the Arab over to the prison, Camus didn't take a 'side' in the Algerian War. Daru seems willing to fight, but he implies that he only would under duress (earlier he insists that he won't take orders until war is declared). Daru's decision to let the Arab choose a path reflects the deliberation of Camus' position - it is not passive, as it would be if the Arab had run away because Daru didn't lock the schoolhouse door, but an active decision to wash his hands of a binary choice.