>the few people that have signed this is meaningless.

I doubt the wives, children and families of those Israeli soldiers who gave up their freedom to stand up for their beleifs would share your perception of their imprisonment as "meanignless."

>There have always been persons who refused to fight in
>wartime, be they conscientious objectors, pacifists,
>misguided idealists, or just cowards.

Did you know that people cheered in the streets for Hitler? I'll bet there was someone in the crowd that echoed your very words.