# It's 2031. How many people killed Bin Laden? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167 "2011-07-15T20:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/1 "2011-07-15T20:19:45Z")
Occurred to me a few nights back and I thought the SDMB would love to field the question. [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=616442) about suspecting someone of lieing about military service reminded me of it so here goes. Bin Laden has now been fish shit for 20 years. How many people will be claiming to have been a member of [SEAL team 6](http://www.businessinsider.com/the-team-that-killed-bin-laden-seal-team-6-2011-5) that ended him? How many will be claiming that they’re the one that actually pulled the trigger? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/2 "2011-07-15T21:06:36Z")
71 ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/3 "2011-07-15T22:08:01Z")
None. It will be forbidden to speak ill of Osama in the Red Chinese Caliphate of America. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/4 "2011-07-15T22:08:53Z")
I was there, but I can’t talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/5 "2011-07-15T22:12:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I was there, but I can’t talk about it. No you weren’t, I’d remember the shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/6 "2011-07-16T01:04:48Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > 71 So is that 71 members on the team? Or 71 that did the killing? Personally I think you’re off by orders of magnitude. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/7 "2011-07-16T02:18:56Z")
You all are missing the key point in Osama’s life, where he was apprenticed at that PLO training camp for a summer. He had to fix the roof and up there was a woman sunbathing naked. Her name was Ulrike Meinhof and she taught him a few things about western culture that he didn’t forget. One of them was about western Rock n’ Roll music and it was her fault that he was too busy listening to Black Sabbath to notice those navy seals. This is proof that rock music really does kill. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/8 "2011-07-16T03:17:19Z")
Well I did so I don’t know who these 100’s of pretenders are. Not really my actual shooting skills are less than impressive. The broad side of the barn has little to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2031-how-many-people-killed-bin-laden/589167/9 "2011-07-16T03:21:06Z")
By 2031 they will \*just \*eclipse the number of people who claim to be members of the original Little Rascals.