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Hammer of Truth
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Letterman: “Yeah, so why are we there in the first place? I agree to you,
with you that we have to support the troops. They are there, they are the
best and the brightest of this country. [audience applause] There’s no doubt
about that. And I also agree that now we’re in it it’s going to take a long,
long time. People who expect it’s going to be solved and wrapped up in a
couple of years, unrealistic, it’s not going to happen. However, however, that
does not eliminate the legitimate speculation and concern and questioning
of ‘Why the Hell are we there to begin with?’”
O’Reilly: “If you want to question that, and then revamp an intelligence
agency that’s obviously flawed, the CIA, okay. But remember, MI-6 in Britain
said the same thing. Putin’s people in Russia said the same thing, and so did
Mubarak’s intelligence agency in Egypt.”
Letterman: “Well then that makes it all right?”
O’Reilly: “No it doesn’t make it right.”
Letterman: “That intelligence agencies across the board makes it alright
that we’re there?”
O’Reilly: “It doesn’t make it right.”
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Letterman: “I’m not smart enough to debate you point to point on this,
but I have the feeling, I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you
say is crap. [audience laughter] But I don’t know that for a fact.
[more audience applause]
Paul Shafer: “60 percent.”
Letterman: “60 percent. I’m just spit-balling here.”
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Some of the commenters claim that O'Reilly kept his cool and came off
looking nonplussed at Letterman's remarks, and that the host was
somewhat out of his league.