Reply To: What's wrong with the draft?

I am confused by some of this discussion. Even if the current Israeli government doesn’t have the status of a Malchus Yisroel (something I find difficult to understand), the IDF is certainly saving Jewish lives and thereby engaging in one of the greatest mitzvos possible. We can argue about whether there is a chiyuv to join the army, but we can’t argue about whether serving in the army is a mitzvah.