You are right, "the Germans" have nothing. Nothing in regard to help after disasters thousands miles away from the fatherland. The German Federal Armed Forces used to be a homeland defense army for decades, considering that the Soviets stood just an hour away of the Rhine River. Therefore, the Bundeswehr had lots of high-equipped ground forces and tanks - exactly what nobody needs after 1990. The Bundeswehr is slowly changing into a peace-keeping maybe eben peace-enforcing army. And this is quite new for Germany, which has even raised concerns that sending medical servicemen to Somalia in 1994 could violate the constitution. It isn´t easy to transform the armed forces when the defense budget is getting smaller and smaller... however, the soldiers serving in the Bundeswehr are great people and they´re doing their very best to accomplish their missions, despite the politicial/financial struggle.
Michael
(The author of this post is officer in the Reserve of the German Luftwaffe)
Its not the fault of the members of the Bundeswehr and I enjoyed all my interactions with the Luftwaffe and ground forces.
The whole of Europe needs a better defense budget.