TorahHaskafa,
To answer your questions:
1) That is a false choice. I think Hashem performed all those miracles because (to the extent that it possible to fathom why Hashem does anything) Hashem loves the Jewish people and protects them to allow to keep Torah and Mitzvos in Eretz Yisroel. One of those mitzvos is saving lives and providing physical protection of the Jewish people and the land.
2) I agree with the Gedolim that support drafting Chareidim.