Bob Arnot in hella firefight on MSNBC right now.

[LurkerNoMore!]

wait a sec... This is that radio Dr. Bob Arnot?

[Mike K]

Good news, the bad guys are getting bracketed.

[Timesink]

Linda Vester on Fox speaks Farsi, I've heard her do so on the air. Not bad, either one of them!

The only thing it takes to learn a language - the ONLY thing - is time. Being 5 years old or younger helps a bit, but it's pretty much an urban legend that it's impossible to learn a foreign language fluently unless you do it as a kid. As long as you have the time and money to be embedded - "immersed" is the general term teachers use - in a foreign country for a month or more and are willing to completely give up the use of English and live and interact with people only in their language, you can pick up anything, from something as similar as French to languages as strange as Arabic or Japanese.

I've been very impressed with Arnot's reporting throughout the war, but please don't think that because someone else speaks a second language - or even five or six - that they're automatically smarter than you are. One (admittedly lame) example: Celine Dion never learned English until she was 21, and she barely even has an accent, much less is any less fluent than any of us.

[bond7]

The Iraqi couple will have a U.S. talk show in 90 days. Hereeeeee's Ali!!!!

[nopardons]

Yes and yes. I just wish that someone would shut up the in studio bimbette ! Sheeeeeeeeeeesh.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Arnot is also a pilot with plenty of hours under his belt He was well known at the time of the JFK Jr. crash where he flew demonstration flights on MSNBC showing what could have happened to JFK Jr's plane.

Here's his bio plus some of his work;

http://www.kepplerassociates.com/speakers/arnotbob.asp

[ambrose]

You captured it perfectly.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Along with Hope & Crosby . LOL :-)"

Don't forget Dorothy!

[leadpenny]

118 captures it all. LOL.

[CheneyChick]

Just read your profile - very cool!

[Cold Heat]

I had to turn it off, the questions from the dizzy blond were killing me!

[going hot]

mmmfhhh...mmmffffhhh,oh, wtf, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[antaresequity]

Arnot: The command and control radios are French

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for his bio.

For some reason, I seem to recall that he is Lebanonese/Christian American, which may explain his verbals skills in Farsi.

I had to come bact to the computer. That B$tch on tv reminds of the so called color guys in tv coverage of sporting events. She will not shut her mouth.

[leadpenny]

Sorry, meant 152.

[Cultural Jihad]

We're finding French-made radios, for Iraqi command and control!

[mlbford2]

Arnot is wearing a dead Iraqi's helmet. He talked about it in the begining. It was all he could find. Can't wait to see the vid.

[ODC-GIRL]

Why thank you. I'm currently awaiting a signature from someone in the Pentagon, then back in the uniform again.

[Jewels1091]

I caught that too....DAMN FRENCH, WHAT ELSE WITH MADE IN FRANCE ARE WE GOING TO FIND!

More incoming on their side of the road!!! PRAYERS MUST GO OUT!!!!

[nopardons]

What about hosts of the new " DATING GAME " ? LOL