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Show Rose (1/25/83) nage 51 Mr. K : r. R ~ r. tr ~~ ~r. R !vir. K i'tr. R would do that and they'd send me against Saudi Arabia who was Israel's ally. Do you follow ~e? Yes. But , if I ca~e face to face with an Israeli soldier it would be ·-I . ' _.. .. - - ,.. .. ~ something else. Sy the same token, if the \ Vn ited 3tates was to say "all you Jer,..;s, you recognize Christ or we're going to kill you", then on those terms I would fight the government of the United States. So, you see, it's a matter in context of the question that I can answer that. It's not an overall which comes first, religion or being an American . See, both have been great and good to me, as I see it, but each in its own sphere, and how the hell do you ,.., make a choice between one or the other[ If I could make that choic€ . it would be easier for me to go to Israel and abandon the United States if the choice was to be made. Did you ever think of that? (_~"r : , ·,i ·~·, 1"'ever for real, but where I facedthe question was in 1948; I had -"','e_ 'd an opportunity to get a battalion in the Israeli army, a•Jartillery battalion. I just plain couldn't leave my mother. 1tlhat 'NBS the opportunity, 5ern1e? 'I'o go to Israel and join the army. I mean, who gave it to you? The Israeli government was recruiting. The Israeli military was sending people in through here all the time; contacting Jews with military experience for positions in the Israeli army. But, I couldn't go for two reasons; number one I couldn't leave my mother, I was my mother's total support, and I had no way of replacing her income if something happened to me. |
