How many terrorists has Obama actually "taken out"? Probably over 30,000

He made the point during his Oval Office speech Sunday night. “For seven years,” Obama said, “I’ve confronted [the] evolving threat [of terrorism] each and every morning in my intelligence briefing. And since the day I took this office, I have authorized U.S. forces to take out terrorists abroad precisely because I know how real the danger is.”

Given that, an interesting question to consider is this: How many terrorists has Obama actually “taken out”? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer, both from inside and outside the government.

We know of at least five theaters in which the U.S. military has explicitly targeted terrorists: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa and the Islamic State.