Dear HaKatan,
I have read Reb Elchonon, Reb Reuvain, and The Satmar Rav, ZY”A. My difficulty is [With the exception of bayos hazman which is more of a protocol for dealing with the state, than an assessment.] that the future they write about, did not really play out. This is not to say they where way off, it just is inconclusive. The debate about Zion seems to have no clear parameters. And to me, has kept returning to the same starting point. Yidden have had enough of their blood being spilled. Where do we, and where did they; in from here?
(Now, before you jump into the whole discourse, answer one point. Does it say anywhere that we have to enjoy the violence inflicted on our people? Nobody is disagreeing with the great internal strength our ancestors displayed. We mourn over it. We do not celebrate it.)