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A setback for Obama’s plans

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2009

A setback for Obama’s plans
By Jim Lobe
Asia Times

6th January, 2009
WASHINGTON – Israel’s massive week-long aerial assault on Gaza and subsequent ground invasion are likely to complicate president-elect Barack Obama’s hopes of aggressively pursuing Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, and risk inflicting greater damage to Washington’s standing in the Arab world, according to most analysts in Washington.
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