54 years ago today as I write this, the Six Day War between Israel and her Arab neighbors was underway.  In one of the most stunning military campaigns of the post-WW2 era, Israel confounded her adversaries and changed the course of history in the Middle East, establishing herself as a regional power to be reckoned with.  While Israel has fought many engagements since that time, none have had the singular impact of that conflict…perhaps until now.  The recent operations against Hamas in Gaza, known in Israel as “Operation Guardian of the Walls”, while not involving any seizure of new territory nor involving the totality of the IDF in the way that was seen in 1967, nonetheless may represent a watershed event in the history of modern Israel of no less significance.  The parallels between the two wars are striking in terms of both the political and military dynamics of the confl