and the chief of staff, gadi eisenkot, said back in may 2016, he said, "the idf soldiers must know beyondtion supports them and stands behind them, even when there are differences of political opinion." yeah, i mean, i'm not here to criticise the idf. well, that's exactly what you do. so i'll tell you why i don't think that's what i do. what i do is i criticise the mission the idf got to carry out. and in that sense, the problem that soldiers are facing has to do with the decisions of the government. you can be a right—wing soldier or a left—wing soldier, but you're carrying out a mission of the most right—wing, messianic, religious government... but you can't be an effective soldier if you look at your comrades just down the line and you know that his political views might lead him to say he won't do certain things, because it's against his moral principles. armies don't work like that. no, you're right. you're right. but i think, more importantly, democracies don't work in a way where they control other people by force for so many years... well, democracies generally get governments vot