Simply never ceases to amaze me how ungrateful so many people who supposedly espouse Jewish values can be. How many of the posters here who have spoken poorly about the State of Israel or the army have enjoyed a visit to Israel or have children studying/living there? How many people who speak derogatorily enjoy benefits, monetary or otherwise from the State? None of this would be possible without the government and the Army. This isn’t difficult; when someone improves your life in any which way the appropriate response is to give thanks. Don’t complicate matters a whole lot by thinking too hard.
I already see a few of you shaking your head and pointing out just how clueless I am. “It’s Hashem providing the benefit, not this rotten State” so many of you claim. Your reasoning is faulty. Hashem provides the benefit for everything at all times, no exceptions. Do you withhold a thank you from the stranger in front of you who held the elevator door open because it’s all from Hashem anyway too? You thank the person who carried out Hashem’s will, regardless of their intentions. Without the State of Israel and the Israeli Army would your sons be learning in Jerusalem, your daughters in seminaries? Go ahead and reap the benefits of the State and the Army then sit back and whine about those very same people that gave you access to the land in the first place.