Israel Bombs The Gaza - Day Two

Its looking like this is going to get really ugly for a while.

The cycle will eventually return to a period of slightly more calm only to be followed by more intense violence.

I did a search to try to identify the world's longest war and found this interesting diagnosis of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

We are the deadly bottom part of a vicious cycle that seems to have an endless supply of energy that will last for centuries.

The 58-year Arab-Israeli conflict is but the latest manifestation of what may be called the world's longest war - a 2,500-year struggle between the world of Europe and the world of Western Asia, the region now called the Middle East. The struggle began in the late 6th century B.C. when the Persian Empire demanded the submission of the Greek cities of Asia Minor, and it reached its first climax in the 480s when Xerxes, the "Great King" of Persia, invaded Greece with an enormous army. Greece survived, winning two crucial battles. source

Reuters: Israel pounds Gaza for second day

Israel destroyed Hamas's main Gaza security complex in an air strike on Sunday and prepared for a possible invasion of the territory after killing more than 280 Palestinians in the first 24 hours of a powerful offensive.