Muslim Aggression Against the Christian West

This in no way justifies the War on Terror. The tables long ago turned. Since the Industrial Revolution at least, the (secular and democratic) West has colonized, attacked, invaded, annoyed, molested and otherwise aggressed against the Muslim world. 

The (secular and democratic) West--the U.S. specifically--should cease and desist from this pattern of behavior. But the fact remains a dire history of Muslim aggression against the (Christian and monarchical) West preceded the (secular and democratic) West's aggression against the Muslims. Surprisingly enough (not!), this history has gone studiously ignored.