I agree with you, but the FCTM on my type says the airplane can land using crab only (zero sideslip) up to the landing crosswind guideline speeds. And for the reason you have written it goes on to say touchdown in a crab only condition is not recommended when landing on a dry runway in strong crosswinds.
Again, I am not planning on landing fully crabbed, but it's good to know the landing gear won't collapse if I fail to properly align the aircraft with the runway centreline.
Now the MD11, that looks scary...