Granted, but according to the Rambam, included in the fundamental belief is that the geula will come about via mashiach.
Not necessarily.
I will assume that when you say “retracted” you mean “clarified”.
I meant retracted, because I assumed that you felt that quoting that Gemara was somehow relevant to the discussion of Shmuly Yanklowitz, and that now you realized that it wasn’t. I guess I’m wrong about one of those two assumptions.