Judeo-Christianity underwent some major changes from Renniasance to Reformation. These changes were brought about through a combination of education and commerce (read: capitalism). Islam has never had such a reformation period, and the general population receive next to zero formal education. Until such changes occur, the Middle East will continue as it has - with tribal warfare, and terrorism.
Our problem is finding an effective means to instigate such a reformation with widespread muslim support. The ancillary problem is that most of the embedded muslim power brokers are unwilling to give up their own strangelhold on the Middle East, and they are willing to fight to the last pawn/peon. And when faced with stimuli from outside sources (such as the West), the power brokers fight back using terrorist tactics. Yes, we Americans need to consider our own immediate security first, but the long-term security of our nation lies in bringing the Middle East out of the feudalistic dark ages.
That'd be my two cents anyway.