Bill O’Reilly Grills David Axelrod on Obama, ISIS & Sharpton | FULL Interview 02-09-2015

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O’Reilly Grills David Axelrod About Obama and Failed Policies | FULL Interview 02-09-2015 'Obama Doesn't See That His Strategy is Failing': O'Reilly Battles Axelrod on Terrorism Bill O’Reilly tonight pressed David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, on ISIS, Obama’s relationship with Al Sharpton, and more. “Correct me if I’m wrong,” O’Reilly told Axelrod. “Barack Obama doesn’t see a disjuncture in history, he doesn’t see that his strategy to fight ISIS and the other jihadists is failing.” Axelrod countered, “He’s said from the beginning that this was gonna take a long time to degrade ISIS.” “The Factor” host called for a ground force, charging Obama with repeatedly looking away from the threat of ISIS. But Axelrod said that many of the same voices who are calling for ground troops are the people who supported invading Iraq. “The question is what then? What happens then? Are we gonna stay there in perpetuity?” Axelrod asked. “We kill them and then we leave,” O’Reilly fired back. O’Reilly also asked Axelrod about Obama’s controversial remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, where the president compared ISIS to the Crusades. O’Reilly asked him if Obama knew that “all hell was gonna break loose.” “I think he knew what he was saying, he knew that it was provocative,” Axelrod said, explaining that Obama’s point is that one-quarter of the world’s population is Islamic, and the vast majority have nothing to do with extremism. “His point is let us not define that entire quarter of the planet by the actions of extremists. Let’s isolate the extremists, just as we wouldn’t blame every Christian for the acts of some Christians, every Jew for the acts of some Jews,” Axelrod said. Axelrod also weighed in on the much debated Bowe Bergdahl swap, telling O’Reilly, “I think that [Obama] would stand behind what he’s done.” Axelrod: Obama knew Prayer Breakfast remarks would provoke President Obama's comments referencing the Crusades and Jim Crow during the National Prayer Breakfast appeared intentionally "provocative," former adviser David Axelrod said Monday. Obama has faced heated criticism for the comments, in which he condemned Islamic extremists but argued that Christianity had also been invoked to justify regrettable actions. President Obama knew exactly what he was aiming for with his “provocative” comments during the National Prayer Breakfast last week when he compared the sins of the Crusades to the transgressions of ISIS, according to David Axelrod. In an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly Monday night, Axelrod said that the president “knew what he was saying” with his comments Friday morning, adding that Obama “absolutely” knew his remarks would be “provocative.” “Did President Obama know, in your opinion, when he said this, made a comparison to the Crusades, that all hell was going to break loose?” O’Reilly asked the former Obama adviser. “Did he know?” 2015 february video complete Axelrod Defends Rev. Wright, President's Relationship With Al Sharpton David Axelrod defended Rev. Jeremiah Wright and President Obama's relationship with Al Sharpton in an appearance on the O'Reilly Factor on Fox News: Well, Rev. Wright was [Obama's] minister," Axelrod said in answering a question from Bill O'Reilly. "You call him whatever you call him -- and obviously some of the things he said were incendiary but that wasn't the relationship that the president had with him. That wasn't -- those weren't the sermons that the president heard in church, those weren't the sermons that he regularly delivered, and, you know, you should also point out he is an honored U.S. Marine and he was an internationally recognized religious leader. So I think you can characterize him one way or another." On Al Sharpton, Axelrod said, "Bill, you know, you don't decide and I don't decide who leaders in a community are. Al Sharpton is widely regarded as a leader within the African-American community, he is a civil rights leader." O'Reilly followed up, "Do you think the president respects Al Sharpton?" "I think he respects his leadership on these civil rights issues, yes, I do," said Axelrod. Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ," Obama said. "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ." Conservative commentators pounced on the remarks. But Axelrod told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly that he believes the president meant to spark some uproar. tv interviews Bill O'Reilly vs. David Axelrod: ISIS, Obama's Prayer Breakfast Comments, Sharpton, Obama's Legacy