An Israeli Soldier from New Hampshire

By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, August 1, 2006.

Manchester native Adam Harmon visited Israel as a teenager in 1984. Six years later, he moved to the country and joined its Army. He served at a time of escalating violence in the region. He writes about his experiences in his new book, Lonely Soldier: The Memoir of an American in the Israeli Army. Harmon is back in the U.S. now, but as a reservist, he could still be called back to serve at any time. We'll talk with him about his experience in the Israeli military and get his take on the current hostility in the Middle East.

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I find Mr. Harmon's
azvtjim - Fri, 08/11/2006 - 11:36

I find Mr. Harmon's loyalties, at best, confusing. He is dedicated enough to to his newest homeland to go back and fight for them. yet, he relmains here because -- there's no way kinder way to put it -- he can make more money here.

It's curious to me that he does not feel a need to volunteer for service in America, the country that educated him, is providing him a good income now, and ostensibly a good home for his new family. Thank goodness most New Hampshire young men and women would not follow his example.

I think my confusion is supported by a sense that he is more loyal to his religion and ethnic background than to the country of his birth, the country that has protected him, and the country where he remains to siphon more wealth than is apparently available to him in the country wherein his loyalties lie.

I'm sure Mr.Harmon is intelligent enough to sense some of the adjectives that come to mind to describe his choices.