Hakatan, on point #1, do you really think they don’t want to destroy all of us?
On point #2, see Jbady’s post. Yes, I have hakaras hatov to soldiers who protect Jews in France.
The Satmar Rav’s mashal holds true for the state as an entity, but why do you apply it to individual soldiers whose parents weren’t even born at the time of the State’s founding?
I’m very unimpressed by your answers thus far.
Just Emes, thank you for your answer.