I am truly baffled by some of these comments like “Zionist military enterprise”. Some of these people live in a fantasy world of their own creation. For those living in reality, we realize that over 7 million Jews live in Eretz Yisrael. Perhaps, they should not have come “like a wall or en masse” in violation of one the three oaths? Yes, because it would have made, more sense to die in Hitler’s (yemach shmo) Europe, Stalin’s Soviet Union or all the Arab countries in the Middle East. Oops, our bad. But staying alive supersedes any Aggagdata in Mesechet Ketubot.
It’s true those 7 million Jews in Israel face many threats, to their spiritual wellbeing by secular influences, in the workforce, educational institutions, media and the Army. However, the rockets of Hamas, Hezbolla, Yeman and Iran, in addtion to the shootings, kidnappings, and car rammings, pose an immediate physical threat to life. Therefore, someone has to fight in the “Zionist military enterprise”.
To quote the USMC Colonel in the movie “A Few Good Men”
“I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom [or safety in our case] that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said “thank you” and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post.”