For a review of what precipitated the war, and its significance, click here. A lot will be written about it since this year is its 40th anniversary. Though the war began on June 5th, Krauthammer explains why he thinks the real anniversary should be May 16, 1967. On that date, he says, "Egyptian President Gamal Nasser demanded the evacuation from the Sinai Peninsula of the U.N. buffer force that had kept Israel and Egypt at peace for ten years. The U.N. complied, at which point Nasser imposed a naval blockade of Israel’s only outlet to the south, the port of Eilat — an open act of war." (Lots more)