Rabbi of Berlin your question is not a fair or valid question for the following reason: Essentially You are asking can it be that we would be better off under Arab rule if it was switched back today. The answer is obviosly no. But that is a very simplistic view.
But as Chuck (yes, chuck) pointed out earlier, for many years the Arabs were benign rulers. Listen first!! Dont shake your head yet!
It is a known fact that in Yemen and other arab ruled countries yidden lived with much more peace with their rulers than did the ashkenazish communities who lived under christian rule. Moslem rule was historically kinder to us than christian rule. You want proof? Just look at how you cant find a single ashkenazi community that survived in one place for more than like 300 years. There were constant expulsions, pogroms,inquisitions, etc. The yidden were never safe. Whereas in Yemen and other places under Arab rule, they stayed in the same place for centuries. (I read that The yemenite community is the oldest jewish community in existence until recently when the majority came to EY. They were in the same place since the first churban!)
My point is that when the Zionists went and created a state, the arab nations BECAME OUR ENEMIES out in the open. So the entire equation is changed. If theoretically speaking, we could turn the clock back to before the state, do you think the Arabs would be our # enemies like they are today? I think not. The entire world history was shaped by the fact that the State was founded. Now the Arab terrorism is the order of the day.
Obviously this point is moot because this is how HaShem willed it and planned it that the Yishmaelim should be the final enemy in this long Galus.
Also, Berlin, would you stop with the smoking illegal stuff business, please? It is as childish as any of the other degrading nonsensical insults on this blog.
To answer your second post today, yes the issue of daas torah is at the core of all of out arguments. To address the two issues you raised:
Which gedolim: If you follow a gadol who is a godol in Torah and Yiras shamayim and respected by other gedolim who hold sdifferently on these issues, good for you. You have on whom to stand. (remember, all true gedolim respect each other, while maintaining their different views)
What extent are we mechuyav: we already discussed this issue at length in another blog (i think the farginning one) if you are really interested in my opinion, and i dont know why you should be, you can read it there.