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Israel’s generals believed the balance of strength and security was on

of course. There had also been a brief bout of

also had reason to believe a period of new possibilities lay ahead.

Nava and I joined my parents and hers on a sunny

mainly because it allowed a far greater latitude in choosing my

I was in the 99.6 th percentile. I applied to four universities:

I’d have ended up at Quantico. I finished in the 28 th percentile.

the second English language. If my fate had rested on my

the GRE. There were two parts to it. The first involved mathematics and

by doing postgraduate work at a normal American university.

Virginia. I had other ideas. I wanted to exercise other

it was assumed I would first spend time at the US Marine Corps

or the unprecedented access our intelligence

carrying their fallen comrades with them and linking up

but had to fight their way out. They only barely

despite Manno’s suspicion that I’d cut the connection. Yet he had

to the missile boat. The whole operation had taken

the city’s main avenue along the Mediterranean. As we got closer

so we took the shortest route to the sea

needle-sharp spikes out the window of the car as we left