""That is before al Qaeda and the Taliban, before the creation of Israel or the Arab-Israeli conflict, before Khomeini, before Saudi Arabia, before drones, before most Americans even knew what jihad or Islam was, and, most importantly, well before the United States had engaged in a single military incursion overseas or even had an established foreign policy.""
Firstly, the fact that one idiot should grossly misquote the Q'ran in a fit of boastful sabre rattling two centuries ago is of little interest.
Secondly, if you really believe that Western countries had not interfered in the Islamic world of that era and before, you are desperately in need of some basic History lessons.