Fox News host Bill O’Reilly took aim at rival network CNN for a series of contentious interviews with anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller Thursday, saying on “The O’Reilly Factor” that it was “totally inappropriate” to blame the victim of a would-be beheading.
O’Reilly dedicated his “Talking Points Memo” to the ISIS-inspired terror plot, which was foiled when Boston police shot and killed 25-year-old Usaamah Rahim. “ISIS is a threat to every single American,” he cautioned. “Somebody tell President Obama.”
“It is almost beyond belief that these militant jihadists have been allowed to accumulate power,” he added. “The group should have been confronted a long time ago. But America and NATO do not have the will — do not have the will! — to protect their populations.” (VIDEO: MSNBC Host: People Like Hillary Clinton’ Are Responsible For ISIS)
O’Reilly gave “three cheers” to the FBI and the Boston police for managing to stop the plot. “But three jeers with a ‘j’ to the Western nations that continue to dither over the terror threat.”
“And a jeer to CNN for challenging Ms. Geller in a totally inappropriate way,” O’Reilly added. “In this case she was a target, and that should have been the headline.”
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