I provided the context: He was asked a question that cited IDF soldiers, and he answered it. Years later, when he had a shot at becoming the IDF's chief rabbi, he was criticized for that comment and others--women shouldn't sing? Really?--and he claimed he had been talking about the distant past, as though there were IDF members in the distant past. I mentioned that too. Do you have a terrible memory?

Politicians reframe things they've said, and as I trust you know, there are a lot of politics in being the chief spiritual leader for any military.