May 4, 2025

An IDF reservist who thinks he knows better took issue with the prescient words of Rabbi Avigdor Miller that I shared in the previous post, and the following dialogue ensued on my Telegram channel. We’ll call him Rambo:

Rambo: Proud Reservist here. I would never take Avigdor Miller as my rav.

Me: Of course you wouldn't. Some people can only learn the hard way, and some people will never learn at all. Your heart may be in the right place, but you're a fool.

Rambo: Someone has to do more than talk and stand in the way of people who want to kill us.

Me: Like you did on October 7?

Rambo: Like I'm doing now.

Me: So you think.

The people who want to kill you include people giving you orders. And you know it, too, but you put it out of your mind because it interferes with your hero-complex.

I highly suggest you internalize what the neviim said. https://chananyaweissman.substack.com/p/prophetic-messages-for-jews-with

Rambo: So there's a comparison done between Jeremiah and Josephus. They say that Josephus is a traitor and Jeremiah is a Patriot. Both wanted the leaders of Jerusalem to negotiate with the enemy as Jerusalem wa held siege.

The question is asked, why is Josephus looked upon as a traitor, and Jeremiah as a Patriot? Because Jeremiah urged the leaders to negotiate while inside the walls, and yes the leadership wanted often times to kill him.

Josephus, however was outside in the Roman camp, which meant that no amount of talking he could do would matter.

For me, metaphorically, I choose to stick around despite the bad leadership. Because nevertheless, someone has to stand between innocent Jewish lives and those who would seek to do them harm.

I'm aware we have psychopaths in our leadership. But someone has to stand in defense.

Me: I have no idea what comparison you're talking about, but it was definitely a kofer who made it. Yirmiyahu was not giving strategic advice. He was delivering a message from Hashem. I suggest you pay better attention.

You're not defending anyone in the IDF, not yourself nor anyone else. Sorry to burst your bubble.

It would be bad enough if you had psychopaths in your leadership, as you acknowledge. What you fail to realize is that one cannot become part of the leadership without being a psychopath.

You cannot defend people from external enemies when you are under the command of internal enemies. All you are doing is deluding yourself.

I know your heart is in the right place and I wish you well. But the IDF is the problem, not the solution.

Rambo: OK. I'll leave you all to do the talking. Best of luck.

Just remember, sometimes stepping up requires more than mouth movements and vocal chords.

Me: When that time comes, you'd best have all your limbs and not be under the command of traitors.

Rambo: Maybe if someone like you makes a security company at some point, I'll join. Care to try it? You really want to change things? Give it a shot. Lead by example, not just by words. Step away from the microphone for a while and back up your words with actions.

Meantime, again someone has to help defend. These people in the settlements also have lives and jobs and they do need help with defense. We work with the tools we have. But I for one can't just sit back, watch, and comment, complain, and just wait around for someone to come to our rescue like the shtetl days.

Also, when you do talk, try not to be such a Scorpio. You attract bees with honey, not vinegar.

Me: I'm too much of a coward and I'm too lazy, sorry, but thanks for the advice. You know more than the prophets and you seem like a real Rambo type, too, so you should do it. Your strength and the might of your hand will surely save us...

And that was the end of it. Like many who still drink the blue and white Kool-aid, he thought he would guilt me into submission before his IDF servitude, and devolved into trolling, projecting his insecurities, and gaslighting when I pushed back with plain common sense and calling out his kefira.

Seriously, when you can acknowledge that you are under the command of psycopaths you should question your own sanity for entrusting your life and wellbeing to them, instead of talking down to others who are unwilling to do the same and pretending to have moral leverage over them. Your sales pitch is terrible.

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