Take a look at the most current iteration of this thread here.
9/4/08 - Part I
Tonight, the conversation covered the war on terror and its various venues. Geographically, it ranged from Iraq to Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Obama immediately and succinctly eliminated the RNC Convention talking point that he refuses to talk about Islamic terrorism. He addressed it directly.
He and Bill spoke of how to deal with Iran. Bill wanted Obama to pledge the use of military force in Iran, but Barack would not. He said it was not off the table, but did not think it was appropriate for either candidate for president to discuss possible military plans. I would agree and Bill seemed satisfied with the response.
O'Reilly pushed Obama to admit he was wrong about the surge. Bill first admitted - admitted - that history would probably look at the Iraq war as a mistake. He said Obama was right on the war, but wanted him to admit he was wrong on the surge. Obama agreed that the surge had been successful at reducing violence in Iraq, but did not admit to being wrong. Instead, he cited mismanagement of the war and alternative factors that contributed to the reduction in violence. He was also concerned that we had not yet turned over control to the Iraqis. To end the Iraq segment, he and Bill agreed to go to Iraq if he became president to collect some of the surplus oil money to help pay for the war.
Transcript here.
After the interview, as mentioned in a few comments, O'Reilly praised Obama. "He's a tough guy, Obama... I looked at him eye to eye — he's not a wimpy guy."
The rest of the interview will be played on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I'll update with video then!