This argument is getting really, really old. This is shying away from responsibilities. Things have moved on since 1945...the rearmament of Germany barely 10 years after its occupation shows that "militaristic Germany" is a thing of the past even though the German society has pre-disposition for discipline.
I think Germany's politicians and business leaders are much more dangerous than its officer corps, especially when they take unilateral decisions like in the beginning of the Balkans conflict when they recognized Slovenia and Croatia or when they let in 1,000,000 migrants without consideration for their neighbours and the impact it will have on the fabric of Western societies.
The rearmament of Germany in 1956 served only two purposes, sufficient boots on the ground against the Russian threat and security from Germany. "Double containment" as Rolf Steininger, a historian, put it.
The rearmament was met with great resistance from significant parts of the German population. One should be honest enough to mention that the Bundeswehr was designed as a pure defence army. A foreign mission was a "never ever" and the first actual "out-of-area" missions UNOSOM II or UNPROFOR led to huge discussions. It is not possible to ignore and undo decades of re-education and point out responsibilities. As Willy Brandt, refugee, part-time resistance fighter and later chancellor of the FRG put it in this words:"War must never again be allowed to break out from German soil." In good parts of the population and politics it is deeply rooted in the belief that an army is bad , and soldiers are murdering Nazis or right-wing extremists.
German politicians or business leaders may be incompetent and dangerous, but they can hardly be accused of doing something which in France is part of the raison d'état and raison d'être of the state, the protection of their own interests.
It is only too clear that the significantly more than one million refugees are certainly not in German interest, but Merkel has been influenced by a crying refugee girl and the violent reaction to her coolness towards this girl.
On closer inspection, French politicians are not immune to these problems either, if you look at Macron's handling of BREXIT or the little Whoopsidaises with the Turks over Libya.