Charlie quoting me: “If we take g-d out of the picture”
My point simply was that there is a disagreement among the Torah world as to what Hashem’s will is so it is reasonable to remove that part from the discussion.
In any case, as you point out, the Torah is replete with people taking action in furtherance of Hashem’s will as relying on prayer alone is not sufficient. (i.e Yakov prays but also strategizes to avoid being killed by Eisav).
The real point was it seems that one of the following must be true A) Israel will remain mostly secular and have a large number of people to serve in the army, or B) Israel will become mostly religious and some of the religious are going to have to serve to protect the state.