@hakatan
Non frum zionists could turn their state and its army into an idol. But frum Jews who serve in the Army can do so without turning the State nor the Army into an idol.
It is true that with young and impressionable recruits it is easier to shove it down their throats .
But this is not universal. Not at all.
There are plenty of haredim who went thru the Army and emerged with their emuna intact.
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