Even highly intelligent people have blind spots and can be susceptible to cults. Extremely erudite and prominent people served all kinds of idolatry, including Molech. Highy intelligent people believe they evolved from monkeys and the universe created itself. Even Shlomo Hamelech outsmarted himself. It demonstrates the pitfalls of the human psyche and the wiles of the yetzer hara.
I don't think you understand. Feiglin begged his grandson to disobey suicidal orders and not to enter any structures before they were scanned by a drone or dog. He didn't listen to his grandfather's sage advice and paid the ultimate price.
No, I didn't understand, and that's very tragic. But the fact is that if one is in the clutches of the IDF he is subject to death traps of many kinds. He will not always be able to discern which orders are suicidal. People are fooling themselves if they think you can "serve" under monsters and still be safe if you're prudent.
This is true, but if soldiers refused to do this one thing (as well as refuse obvious death traps like defective Pumas), the pointless killing would plummet, and the war might very well come to a screeching halt.
Meanwhile, the killing in Gaza must not be sufficient because they're trying to whip up a frenzy to engage more deeply in Syria to help the "poor oppressed Druze."
Even someone as erudite and prominent as Moshe Feiglin couldn't save his own grandson from becoming fodder.
Even highly intelligent people have blind spots and can be susceptible to cults. Extremely erudite and prominent people served all kinds of idolatry, including Molech. Highy intelligent people believe they evolved from monkeys and the universe created itself. Even Shlomo Hamelech outsmarted himself. It demonstrates the pitfalls of the human psyche and the wiles of the yetzer hara.
I don't think you understand. Feiglin begged his grandson to disobey suicidal orders and not to enter any structures before they were scanned by a drone or dog. He didn't listen to his grandfather's sage advice and paid the ultimate price.
No, I didn't understand, and that's very tragic. But the fact is that if one is in the clutches of the IDF he is subject to death traps of many kinds. He will not always be able to discern which orders are suicidal. People are fooling themselves if they think you can "serve" under monsters and still be safe if you're prudent.
This is true, but if soldiers refused to do this one thing (as well as refuse obvious death traps like defective Pumas), the pointless killing would plummet, and the war might very well come to a screeching halt.
Meanwhile, the killing in Gaza must not be sufficient because they're trying to whip up a frenzy to engage more deeply in Syria to help the "poor oppressed Druze."