Thats part of the hitch. They really don't ask for or want protection.
The one amish person I met was absolutley (and bizarely) okay with the idea that they could be wiped out. Some of them would do absolutley nothing but die if they were attacked. Yet I give them repect on one thing, some of them have served in the armed forces, usually in a non-combat role.
I don't know how that doesn't conflict with there religious beliefs, but I know they have done it in the past. I'll grant them this, they don't ask for, nor want, protections of the government in regards to there safety, they do not protest war, and they pay more in taxes they they could ever remotely hope to recieve back in services from the government.
Unlike the fake pacifists of today, who are not anti-war but anti-america, I have yet to see any evidence that the amish do anything but give respect to this country.
I'm totally pro-Amish. I'm glad they've found a place under the sun where they can flourish. But make no mistake, they survive in their little bubble of pacifism because others outside of their bubble protect them. Even if they don't technically ask for it. Technically.
OTOH, you don't notice Amish moving to Colombia or Russia or Iraq. There's a reason why, no matter what they say about not "asking" for protection.