I earn your contempt because I can't remember exactly how many people died on 9/11? Well, that just goes to show what happens when you place more importance on numbers than common sense. IIRC, it was between 3 and 4,000, but I couldn't be more exact than that, and may be wrong. How many was it?
Yes, the process is ongoing, but you have to make it seem like it's ongoing. America hasn't made a big deal recently about Bin Ladin, and his capture has put on hold (at least as being of upmost importance) with the war in Iraq.
To say airport security isn't shit because you " haven't noticed many successful terrorist operations in the recent past." is like saying that airport security is only bad on the days terrorist activities take place. There have been reports of people smuggling stuff onto planes, if they were terrorists, we'd have annother disaster on our hands.
And as for "shooting Moslem terrorism", I take it you're also from the school of thought that you can kill terrorism? I can't be bothered to look it up, but I'm sure you can. What other instances have there been of widescale terrorism, a la the IRA or Basque seperatists. How have they been prevented? Has terrorism ever been stopped by killing all terrorists?
America is not safer. All your doing is turning the rest of the world against you. After 9/11, worldwide sympathy for America was at a major high. Now it's at a major low.
And as for your link, one case study of a (seemingly paranoid) Iraqi who thanks America, as reported in a pro-US source, does not disprove my point. Especially when it occured when the USA first entered the country on a wave of jubilation as opposed to the relative chaos it's in now.