Damn Right
The ultra-Left bleeding heart Jerusalem Post editorializes at great length that, in a democracy, soldiers don't get to choose what orders they follow:
Who gave this organization and the soldiers who have heeded it the right to decide which missions serve Israel's defense? It does not take "courage" to refuse, but arrogance. It is a selfish act in which the refuser decides not only to arrogate to himself the roles of elected leaders, but to transfer the burdens he refuses to share to his law abiding compatriots.
Those who are proud of Bieber would have only disdain for his counterparts on the Left, and no doubt the feeling is mutual. But neither side can have it both ways: refusal begets refusal. We have one prime minister, one Knesset, one army and one people. The refuser, more than advancing his own cause, is undermining the institutions on which we all depend for our lives, our security, and our existence.
It might be that refusal is brave when our side does it but mendacious when their side does it - although I'm not sure what our side and their side is. But in both cases it is a direct affront and challenge to the very democratic identity of Israel. You don't destroy the democracy to save it. The army is not the place for politics.
[Cross-posted on IsraPundit]
Who gave this organization and the soldiers who have heeded it the right to decide which missions serve Israel's defense? It does not take "courage" to refuse, but arrogance. It is a selfish act in which the refuser decides not only to arrogate to himself the roles of elected leaders, but to transfer the burdens he refuses to share to his law abiding compatriots.
Those who are proud of Bieber would have only disdain for his counterparts on the Left, and no doubt the feeling is mutual. But neither side can have it both ways: refusal begets refusal. We have one prime minister, one Knesset, one army and one people. The refuser, more than advancing his own cause, is undermining the institutions on which we all depend for our lives, our security, and our existence.
It might be that refusal is brave when our side does it but mendacious when their side does it - although I'm not sure what our side and their side is. But in both cases it is a direct affront and challenge to the very democratic identity of Israel. You don't destroy the democracy to save it. The army is not the place for politics.
[Cross-posted on IsraPundit]
