You are dumb enough to think history is written with accuracy,
You seem not to grasp the fact that the biggest challenge the Muslim world faces is the already begun proxy wars between sunni and shia (Lebanon, Iraq-Iran, intra-Iraq and now Syria) which could very well become multi-national religious wars that engulf the Middle-East.. This would be tragic and a waste of precious human lives.
No 'war on terror' was necessary as there was already a war within Islam. We are not really at war with them: they are at war with each other. In fact, Islam has been in a 'Cold War' throughout much of it's history though it has been much warmer recently. It could be made ice-cold if the political will existed. Terrorists predominantly kill muslims. The whole Muslim world knows this. An actual partnership for peace with major players, as opposed to naked self-interest, would have been a reasoned approach but could very well be too late. I hope not.
If not for it's failed support of dictators throughout the Muslim world and it's flawed policy towards Israel, the U.S. could be at peace with the Middle East and beyond. Failure to do so made America an object of frustration for most Muslims and one of hatred for the rest. Anti-americanism among muslims is not about religion; to a large extent that is a smoke-screen. It is about energy and the control thereof. The Bush administration continued on from Reagan: creating precisely what they feared most. Removing Moussadeh in '53, however, was a massive error from which U.S. foreign policy has yet to recover. Normalizing relations with Iran is paramount. Israel knows this and tries to obstruct any movement in that direction. Your governments self-serving foreign policy created more terrorists than a 1000 bin Laden's ever could.
What does Doer read? Try reading some Anglo-Islamic academics and by this I mean bilingual academics who are well-versed in 2-3 languages and a multitude of perspectives. This would help.
The question remains: are you a complete prisoner of your monolithic culture? To put it another way, is it not time to cease being a 'don't' and become a 'doer'?