the-art-of-moi, thanks.
HaKatan, Not according to the Torah. Ahav’s generation who practiced idolatry, but spoke no lashon hora won their wars, but Shaul Hemelech’s generation who knew the many different faces of Torah and spoke lashon hora, lost almost all wars.
My feeling about all this is that this is Satan’s way of causing mahlokes between us to keep us away from building the bais Hamikdash.
We needed secular Jews to build the country for one simple reason: Most Torah-true Jews are not warriors. Secular Jews abide by different principles (not that they are right), but that is what makes them able to fight. It is harder for sensitive Torah Jews, who are learners, to fight for land. The HaGra said that we will take the land by force and we did. Now, it’s a matter of bringing back the so-called Zionists to their roots. I am not saying it’s simple, but we can’t do it with mahlokes.