No, we are worse off. The war unleashed a plauge on us that has cost us Trillions of dollars already to make better. Not to mention the crime epidemic. There are dozens of inner cities that if a person like me tried to walk through at night, they wouldnt get 2 blocks without being attacked.

And crimes like this are not even reported by the main stream media, I wonder why?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom_murder