Ben Levi:
“We believe that the Yeshivos, and the Kollelim that is unparelled in the entire world and is largley chareidi, is what provide’s the zchusim for the combat missions to be successful.
Without them the military would lose, just as the odds in virtuallye very single all out war have said they should lose.”
The amount of Charedim that will be drafted will decrease the amount of people learning by a little bit. It will still be unparalleled in the entire world. How can you know that this will cause the military to lose? The countries that are Israel’s enemies have few if any people learning. So Israel would still completely surpass them in terms of zechuyos. And about the odds – I think we can all agree that with the state (not State) of Israel’s military today the odds are not all that bad and in fact are probably in Israel’s favor. So again how can you know that drafting Charedim will cause Israel to lose in battle?
Disclaimer: I am not expressing an opinion on the draft; I am merely attacking the specific points quoted.