I don’t understand what appears to be a desire to allow Germany to rise further.
The desire is for the largest economy in Europe to be an equal partner. There is exactly zero reason to finance Germany’s defense while they shove billions in cash into the pockets of one party state fascist Russia.
And if they finance their own military, what would they use it for? Remember that they’ve wanted such a thing for decades.
And assuming it becomes a giant Russian imperium, do we want such an entity to have access to the Atlantic, never mind full dominance of the Mediterranean?