All of which made it even more astonishing that he let the Malmedy remarks pass by without a correction.
Clark did correct O'Reilly. Althogh Bill did his best to talk over him.
excerpt from the transcript:
Bill O'Reilly: But I, in, in Mal-, in, in Malmedy, as you know, US forces captured SS forces who had their hands in the air, and they were unarmed, and they shot them down. You know that. That's on the record, been documented. In Iwo Jima, the same thing occurred. Japanese attempted to surrender, and they were burned in their caves.
General Wesley Clark: Bill, that's a lot different than this.
Bill O'Reilly: Okay. Listen-
General Wesley Clark: These are no forces.
Bill O'Reilly: What I'm trying to say to you is neither of those things, in the Battle of the Bulge or on Iwo Jima, reflected negatively on our military as far as its total performance was concerned. It was men under stress snapping. That's what this is. This isn't Abu Ghraib. Abu Ghraib was cowardice, in my opinion, off the chart, irresponsible cowardice to do that. Here, I think we have to-
General Wesley Clark: I think we have, we have to see this investigations unfold, Bill, really, because-
Bill O'Reilly: Right, and but Murtha isn't doing that, General.
General Wesley Clark: There's a big difference between-
Bill O'Reilly: But Murtha isn't doing that.
General Wesley Clark: -being in a fire fight and some guy who suddenly, after he's been shooting at you, throws up his hand and says, 'Woop! Now you can't shoot me, because I've put down my weapon.' That's one thing. It's another thing, if it's true as reported, that they broke into homes and shot-
Bill O'Reilly: Okay, but whoa, whoa.
General Wesley Clark: -men, women and children
Bill O'Reilly: I don't wanna, I don't wanna judi- Listen-
General Wesley Clark: That, that's not, that's not the same thing.