Obama Talks About Overseas Childhood, Tickle Fights In Indonesian TV Interview

Since he couldn’t make his planned trip to Indonesia this week, President Barack Obama sat down with Putra Nababan from Indonesian news network RCTI and answered some questions about foreign policy, his time growing up in the country, and breaking a kid’s arm in a tickle fight.

It may concern some viewers to hear Obama speak of his love for (what sounds like) Mohamed Atta‘s stories when he was a child. (Atta was an influential ringleader behind the 9/11 attacks and was the hijacker who flew Flight 11 into the first tower.) Do not be alarmed: Obama is talking about Mahabharata, which along with the R?m?ya?a make up the Sanskrit epics of ancient Indonesia, from which the foundation of Hinduism sprung. So depending (once again) on your political stance this video will either be viewed as confirmation that our president is a well-traveled multi-lingual diplomat, or a great evil come from another country to destroy ours.

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