Daasyochid: I don’t think that the reality is that they want their kids to stay in the bais madrash so if ppl will die it’ll be someone else. I believe that the reason they refuse to join the army is partly bec Torah is the greatest protection and also that they are afraid that the kids will be pulled by their tayvos as soon as they are tested. However, I do see how an outsider would see that, being that no one davened for the safety of eretz yisrael and only davened that their kids shouldn’t have to join.
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