Yes, in addition to being important for defending NATO Europe, Germany is an important location for projecting military power into an arc of crisis from the Gulf of Guinea to Central Asia (see my article starting on p. 15):
American bases in Europe already provide a stepping-stone for CONUS-based forces to use to deploy to trouble spots from Angola to central Asia.
Germany was once the front line of NATO. Now it is a staging area. I have to believe that German government attitudes reflect this change.
But Germany does remain a NATO ally and member of the West despite friction.
