The Rav Chaim letter did not come from YWN, it was originally posted in the Israeli version of Yated.
And what is interesting to all those defending the Peleg is they dont even know how these protests started.
A bunch of Peleg Bochrim went to the Dead Sea for a vacation and were caught not being in the Yeshiva when they were supposed to. If you want to argue that learning is just as valid as army service, where is your defense about vacationing at the dead sea while other jews have their lives at risk