The easy solution to the problem is to stop intruding on the land and pull out whatever military presence is currently there. The western world may have to sacrifice some oil, but the Middle East will stop viewing the U.S as imperialistic intruders. .
The next step in reducing anti-western sentiment is redrawing borderlines after a detailed analysis of where ethnic, tribal, and religious groups are located. Unfortunately, the modern western world is feeling the negative effects of past decision. The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement created lasting problems do the ignorance of those who drew the borderlines. The combination of groups that were used to being separated for generations led to culture clashes and power struggles that continue into modern times. Also, many groups were split among several nations. The Kurdish population was divided between four states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Shiite Arabs ended up in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia. The Alawites took residence in northern Lebanese, Syrian, and southwestern Turkish coasts. Israel, Lebanon, and Syria held the Druze. Lebanon included large Sunni and Shiite populations, as well as Alawites and Druze. The dominant population of the Middle East, Sunni Arabs, were split among numerous states. These widespread separations led to minority ethnic groups ruling Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Bahrain, often repressively (The Map that Ruined the Middle East). By splitting the Middle East into many different sections, Britain also went against a promise of independence made to the Arabs in the 1910s (Border Lines Still Rock the Middle East). After creating ethnic tension, violence, and breaking promises, the western world should expect to receive hostility from the Middle East. The west ripped up the old ways of the Middle East and put in their own straight borders that were not based on demography or geography.