Reply To: Does the IDF want Charedim?

I saw a great quote on Cross Currents-

“Pointing a finger at the left and its machinations does not change the fact that the country is fed up with a population that, in their eyes, sees itself as a group apart from the rest of the nation. Especially in the Dati Leumi community that has suffered a disproportionate number of soldier fatalities, the rage is palpable. Why should their husbands and sons go off to battle, often not to return, while tens of thousands of charedim stand off to the sides? Why should their men be pulled from the beis medrash, so that charedim can remain in theirs? Why should their women have to sustain their households alone while their spouses serve for months (and whose term of service is now being lengthened) so that charedim should not have to take any chances of compromising their life style of insisting on lechatchila choices? Dying on the front is also not a lechatchila! Telling charedim about a war against Torah frees them from having to confront these questions. If there is a war against Torah, there can only be one response. Resist!”