Naftush: The conscientious objection argument is that the war is contrary to halacha, and there is therefore no heter to schecht the Arabs – we,not they, are the rodfim. Medinat Yisrael is, by this argument, not a state founded on the basis of Torah, but a secular western state founded on secular western principles of law. This is at its essence, the Neturei Karta argument.
To those who argue that army is “kosher” – ask why the hilonim aren’t complaining about lack of sexual freedom in the army? Ask why they never complain about all the restrictions they have? Ask how the female soldiers whose abortions are a national scandal managed to get pregnant? Ask why “gays” are quite happy to serve? Compare the percentage of religious zionists in the combat units, to the percentage of religious zionists as senior officers, and explain. The army accomodates Jews who are serious about Yiddishkeit by putting them in the rabbinate or in segregated units (similar to the “Buffalo soldiers” in the American army) – if a frum Jews wants to serve in a normal unit, he is expected to accomodate the hilonius.