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> It's disturbing that leaders (political or religious) would put their constituents in harms way.

Or like in any military force, unless there was coercion going on here.

It's one thing to bring a military force to a battle. It's another thing entirely to call out unarmed civilians to deter a military force.

In both cases, the core of the matter is exposing oneself to danger for some higher cause.