[Avodah] Halacha: How to prepare if you are going to be drafted on Shabbat

[Yitzhak Grossman]

[I took the time to step in and edit this post because I wanted to aim the
replies in a particular direction. I'm letting it through as grist for the
mill of what would the Torah expect us to do. Obviously a discussion of
what a PM of England or a US president would or did do is off topic. In
particular, see the quotes from R' Cl. Warner D Farr and RMJBroyde. -mi]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:23:55 -0500 Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
...
> One is about the limits of the halachic demands of the humanitarian dilemma.
> I don't think it goes very far, but I'd like to see us have that
> discussion.

And for one more, utterly fascinating piece on the topic, see this
discussion of whether nuclear deterrence is / should be merely a bluff,
or an actual intention to posthumously (on a civilizational level)
exterminate a first striker:
http://www.slate.com/id/2208219

The third page quotes extensively from [R'] Broyde.
http://www.slate.com/id/2208219/pagenum/3

[Email #2. -mi]

Forgot the hat tip to Ross Douhat, who discusses what Reagan would actually
have done:
http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/armageddons_choices.php
http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/armaggedons_choices_ii.php

Yitzhak
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