PAA – Quote, “Does this mean that you agree that there is a legitimate shita that Jews should go to the army?(I assume you believe in this concept as well.)”
In my opinion, certainly there is a legitimate opinion to go into the army! There is also a legitimate opinion of “Ain Bishul Achar Ofiah”! That doesn’t mean that I am aloud to follow that shita being that I am not Sefardi. For me, I would be required to bring a Karbon Chatas if I did. However, for my Sefardi friends, there is nothing wrong with putting a Challah directly on the Bleich.
I enjoy eating bagels, cream cheese, and lox. For my Sefardi friends, that’s a big NO NO!
Here too, for the two of us our din is different.
The chareidim are not saying that you can’t send your sons to the army, but rather that we are required NOT to send our sons that are learning full time. We believe that Limud HaTorah full time exempts one from army service.
You are morally obligated to send your sons to the army based on the psakim of your Rabbanim. We, in like, are morally obligated to refrain from the sending our Bnei Torah to the Army base on the psakim of our Rabbanim.
This point should be clear, but unfortunately most D”L have a nagiah that prevents them from excepting this reality.
Just an extra point: Unfortunately, however, due to this new bill that is an attempt to use the army as a vessel of shmad according to the opinions of our Gedolim (who we hold have divine inspiration), the rules of the game have changed for us and now what used to be excepted, is no longer.