As US Airstrikes Kill 250 ISIS Militants, O'Reilly Complains Obama Not Doing Enough To Fight ISIS

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Bill O’Reilly devoted his Talking Points Memo segment to criticizing President Obama’s approach to fighting ISIS claiming President Obama isn't doing enough to fight ISIS. But news reports found that on July 29, US-led airstrikes killed an estimated 250 ISIS fighters around the Iraqi city of Fallujah. From the June 29 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:


BILL O'REILLY (HOST): President Obama's policy towards Islamic terrorism is to try to contain it, and while speaking, to avoid the actual description Islamic terrorism. Mr. Obama has killed terror leaders with drones, has bombed ISIS facilities in Iraq and Syria, has ordered American special forces to disrupt ISIS activities, but it is not enough.



The solution to defeating ISIS to quickly kill as many of them on the ground as possible, sending a strong message to the world of jihad. As Talking Points has stated before, NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should be leading that charge, not the Kurds, not some phantom coalition Mr. Obama uses to obscure real action.



They ISIS attack on Paris killed 130 human beings. The terror group's attacks on Belgium killed 32m now in Turkey more than 40 people are dead. All three of those countries are members of NATO. All three of those attacks are acts of war. Article 5 in the NATO charter says an attack on one country is an attack on all.



So, why is president Obama not advocating NATO forces on the ground to kill the ISIS savages, and protect suffering civilians who are desperate? Again, why is he not promoting that strategy? The Turkish border is just 50 miles away from the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, Syria.



It is long past time for all Americans to understand that ISIS is not going to stop killing innocent people, and you could be one of those innocent people. It is true that no matter what action is taken against the jihadists, terrorism will not stop. It is impossible to wipe it out entirely. But it is not that difficult to run these savages out of their sanctuaries, but the president will not do it.

O'Reilly's criticism ignores Reuters’ report of significant US military victories over ISIS, including a successful series of US-led airstrikes that killed an estimated 250 ISIS fighters on Wednesday, and “destroyed at least 40 vehicles” surrounding the city of Fallujah. The Associated Press reported that “Five weeks after a [US-backed] military operation began, a senior Iraqi commander declared Sunday that the city of Fallujah was ‘fully liberated’” from ISIS.