does it SOUND plausible...?
Uh...how about “no”. Farsi is not spoken in Indonesia and there is no evidence that someone put him through a crash course in Farsi. Because Manning’s premise is that Obama was useful to the CIA because he knew Farsi the whole theory collapses. I would remind everyone that one of Obama’s inadvertent admissions of ignorance and unfitness for office (other than the 57 states comment) was his confusion about what language is spoken in Afganistan. In an interview he began a riff on why the Iraq war was a mistake because it diverted resources from the “real” war, the “justified” war, in Afganistan. One of his points was that we didn’t have enough Arabic interpreters to handle both conflicts - then he got this confused look on his face and did a bit of verbal rambling because he apparently had some dim awareness that Arabic is not spoken in Afganistan (Farsi and Darii are the main languages). He would not have made this mistake if what Manning says were true.
Obama is completely unfit for office and evil, but do people really have to come up with crazy stuff?
I agree, and I remember very well the incident you’re laying out here.
There are HUGE blanks in BHO’s past, and this Pastor has the right attitude, but the devil is in the details, and while interesting, I’m not sure this theory will hold up.
Farsi...? I mean....that’s wrong, and while Obama knows muzzie stuff I really do not think he speaks Farsi, the main language of Iran.
Spread the word: Obama says he digs Urdu poetry“‘I would love to visit. As you know, I had Pakistani roommates in college who were very close friends of mine. I went to visit them when I was still in college; was in Karachi and went to Hyderabad. Their mothers taught me to cook,’ said Mr Obama.
‘What can you cook?’
‘Oh, keema ... daal ... You name it, I can cook it. And so I have a great affinity for Pakistani culture and the great Urdu poets.’
‘You read Urdu poetry?’
‘Absolutely. So my hope is that I’m going to have an opportunity at some point to visit Pakistan,’ said Mr Obama.”
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Fear not if your Urdu — one of two official languages in Pakistan — is a little rusty. Obama likely reads one of the many translated compilations of the texts, according to Kirk. Or if he is a truly savvy Urdu poetry enthusiast, he may choose to listen to the poems recited or sung, as it is commonly performed in the region.
Yeah, maybe he reads the translations. Or maybe not.