Joseph
This is what i posted here last week but the editor for some reason didnt post it writing:
what you wrote & explaining that first Hashem sends us a hint to wake to teshuva by hitting other nations with tragedies so we ask ourselves why is this happening. if this sadly Chas vshalom does not work then sometimes klal yisroel needs to be hit by tzaros R”L (as we see in the solomon family in Nvei Tzuf to the 3 soldiers in Hadas aram etc….)
Hashem is not waiting for personal teshuva, that was just done yesterday on yom Kippur. Hashem is waiting for ALL klal yisroel to come together for international teshuva of achdus & bein adam lchaveiro. to return together as one loving nation from all levels of frum to reform to chasidish etc…
may it happen very soon so we can spend succos at the bais Hamikdosh rebuilt