Udi’s Confession
I was in my office when Udi called.
“I am in your place, and you are not!” he shouted.
I hit the road.
Udi said there were some plans to attack Iraq, and he wanted to be among the first to participate in this mission. “The problem is, we all volunteered, but they only need four. We picked numbers by lottery, and I lost.”
“You won, you i***t!” I yelled. “You won your life. Udi, from what I understand, there is a slim chance that any of you will make it back. Do you want to die? Is that what this is about? Are you that miserable and desperately looking for some noble way out? Well, not while I am alive. I just lost Uri and Abbi, and I am not ready to bury you, too, not yet! I’d rather die than watch them put you in the ground, and I am pretty sure Lisa would join me.”
