Wise - Who's being Naive? (bit of a rant, sorry)

Upon reading Wise's article, I found myself agreeing often with what was written. In the article, "naivete" and "realism" are discussed in accordance to views on the current war on terror. The author disagrees with the war and uses examples to point out that the United States is actually the one being naive in this situation by taking the wrong approach in this war.
This is a topic that I am very passionate about, because I have friends living in Israel, Palestine, Egypt, and Jordan from attending an international camp. Having visited the West Bank and Israel myself, I recognize that there is an enormous problem in the area with human rights on the Palestinian side of the wall. It is no secret that the United States is in full support of Israel, and it is certainly no secret that the United States(generally speaking of course) seems to harbor angry feelings toward all people of Middle Eastern descent (with the exception of Israel).
I briefly mentioned this in my last blog, but historically the United States has been extremely militant as a nation and has also been extremely hypocritical in its support for certain nations. We have fought and helped genocide in the east, and have changed our relations with certain countries based on our needs and best interests. It hardly seems believable that we should be surprised at the hostility from the East, considering our history. And yet we continue to fight this "war on terror" which is supposed to be destroying a widespread terrorist organization and fixing our fears and worldwide reputation? It makes absolutely no sense to me. We are simply pouring gasoline into the already brightly burning fire that we started back in the days of Teddy Roosevelt's presidency. It is very disturbing to me that those opposed to this war are considered "naive" and "unrealistic" when history and all the evidence points toward the opposite. We should be extending a friendly hand toward the Middle East and maybe putting some pressure on Israel to improve living conditions for the Palestinians instead of simply ignoring the fact and angering the Arab world more. It's time for America to make a change