The war on terrorism isn't making our lives better?  How many terrorist attacks here and abroad are you willing to tolerate?  They're killing between 30,000 and 40,000 per year.  If it weren't for our diligence, there would have been at least one more attack of the magnitude of 9/11.  Do they not matter to you as long as it's not your head being decapitated?  They do that, you know, because it uses up so damned much ammunition when the line 'em up and shoot them in the back of the head.  Knives are a renewable resource, dontcha know.