Re: Islamically can you join a national army...
Dear bro, your argument is valid, however you are ignoring that Salawaat and Salaat may not be the same. Let me translate it:
حَفِظُوا
Watch/Guard (V/P/M-F)
عَلَى
over/upon
الصَّلَوَتِ
The SALAWAAT(N/P/F)
وَ
and (does not say AND ESPECIALLY)
َالصَّلَوةِ الْوُسْطَى
The Central SALAAT
وَ
and
قُومُوا
Stand/Make-it-Right/Rise-Up
لِلَّه
For Allah
قَنِتِين
(as) Obedient
We can clearly see that "The Central Salaat" is inherently different from "The Salawaat", otherwise the word خُصُوْصًا (especially) would have been used dear brother...
In as such, The Salawaat cannot denote a set of rituals that is repeated... So the correct translation is:
Guard/Watch-over the System and The Central Duty (of staying attached/folowing/staying-commited) and rise-up/stand for The God as (those) obedient
So what system and which central duty? Does this make my earlier comment about "following Gods commandment to be committed to your family" clear?