I suppose that on very many issues here we shall have to respect each other’s divergent views and leave it at that.
My son was at the Jerusalem Recruiting Office this morning for his second appointment/interview. In no way do I view his having to serve as unfortunate. My wife & I told him that serving is a mitzvah, an honor (a privilege even!) and an obligation. I think the IDF is a very appropriate place for Jewish men & women.
I do, in one sense, admire Neturei Karta (though I consider them about as Jewish as the Samaritans or Karaites, who, by the way serve in the IDF, as do Druze, Bedouin & increasing numbers of Arab Christians). They are consistent. They are not hypocrites. They take, and give, nothing to the state, unlike, “Gafni and his ilk” as Gavra’ said.