Haredim shouldn't be drafted as they are the only people in the universe who learn Torah

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If you are wondering what casual bigotry looks like, here is Jonathan Rosenblum of Cross Currents to show you. He was on Israeli TV discussing the plan to draft Haredim. After being asked why non-Haredim are required to carry the full burden of defending the country,  he says*

I have heard chareidi debaters counter this argument: Well, is it fair that we have to do all the Torah learning for the country? 

It’s safe to say that argument has never convinced a single non-chareidi. Not just because of the emotional response – How many yeshiva bochurim are killed in the tents of Torah? – but because it misses a fundamental distinction: Yeshiva bochurim are doing what they most want to do. IDF recruits are acting under legal compulsion

And, um, hello? What about the other, better reason why this argument won't convince non-Charedim? 

Can't work it out? Here are a few clues:

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh ( Yeshivat Sha'alvim (1961) Yeshivat HaKotel (1967) Yeshivat Har Etzion (1967) Yeshivat Kiryat Arba (1972) Yeshiva HaGolan (1973) Yeshivat Maalot (1974) Yeshivat Neveh Dekalim (1976) Yeshivat Kiryat Shmonah (1977) Yeshivat Birkat Moshe—Maaleh Adumim (1977) Yeshivat Shvut Yisrael—Efrat (1977)

Yeshivat Or Etzion (1978) Yeshivat Shilo (1979) Yeshivat Karnei Shomron (1981) Yeshivat Beit Orot Har HaZeitim (1990) Yeshivat Midbarah K'Eden (1991) Yeshivat Har Bracha (1991) Yeshivat Otniel (1993) Yeshivat Shadmot Neryah (1994) Yeshivat Ramat Gan (1994) Yeshivat Yerucham (1994) Yeshivat Birkat Yosef—Elon Moreh (1995)

Yeshivat Nahariya (1995) Yeshivat Afikei Daat—Sderot Yeshivat Heichal Eliyahu (1996) Yeshivat Siyach Yitzchak (1996) Yeshivat Tzfat (1997) Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar—Eilat (1998) Yeshivat Rishon L'Zion (1998) Yeshivat Petach Tikvah (1998) Yeshivat Tekoa (1999) Yeshivat Maaleh Efraim (2000)

Yeshivat Netivot (2001) Yeshivat Ruach Tsfonit—Akko (2003) Yeshivat Or Vishua—Haifa (2003) Yeshivat Holon (2004) Yeshivat Birkat Ha'Torah—Shavei Shomron (2004) Yeshivat Meir Harel (Modiin) (2005) Yeshivat Moreshet Yaacov—Rechovot Yeshivat Binot, Raanana (2002

Still stumped? Okay, I'll let you off the hook

This is Wikipedia's list of hesder yeshivas. At the hesder yeshivahs non-charedim learn Torah during their IDF service. So the #1 reason why Jonathan's argument fails is this:

HAREDIM AREN'T THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING TORAH. DO YOU HEAR ME JONATHAN ROSENBLUM? PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THIS.

*from the article it isn't clear if Rosenblum actually said this, or if it was a thought that crossed his mind, either during the program or afterwards.

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