[Avodah] [Areivim] chareidi soldiers in zahal

[harchinam]

> and in the third the officer forced them to get on board and didn't give
>> them a chance to call."
>>
> I echo RJK's request for someone who actually served to pipe in here, as
> I'm confused. On the one hand, the army seems to have failed their
> obligations to these soldiers by not providing them a male pilot.
>

I'm not confused and the army didn't fail anyone. I think that in the case
of a terrorist who is fleeing one could make a strong case for pikuach
nefesh -- especially if the reason we know he's a terrorist is because he
just proved it minutes before. In such a case, it wouldn't matter if it was
a woman or a man who was the pilot; the inyan is to get there quickly and
catch the terrorist. What if she were the only pilot available at that
moment for whatever reason? And even if you think that they could have sent
a man instead, that was one of those "act now, complain later" scenarios.

Think of it this way: what if a man and his child were on a relatively
deserted roadway and there had just been a terrible accident or a violent
crime and the man had to get his child to the hospital as quickly as
possible. Every second was crucial and here comes a car down the road! But,
alas, a woman is driving the car. Would he let his child die rather than
get into a car driven by a woman?

Is this not the definition of a chasid shoteh?

*** Rena
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