To the posters being moche my post:
Why?
Since when do I have to respect the Agudah’s Moetzes? None of the members are my rabbanim. Furthermore, even if one of them were my rav, who said I can’t say that his opinion will make me think less of him?
One of my previous rabbanim did/didn’t do something and while I still respect him and would ask him shailos if necessary, I did lose a drop of respect because of his in/action. It’s not 100% black and white. And that, BTW, is a big problem in the charedi world. They are all black and white, and so they see this as 100% black and white against the charedim.
Lastly, if the charedim are going to sit and learn all day and the dati are going to go to the army, what about a dati fellow who wants to sit and learn all day? Why do the charedim not allow him to sit all day?