The ME region has been destabilized since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, which was mostly due to internal conditions. Blame it on the French and English if you want, but the US didn't cause the vast majority of the problems or the majority of the war-related deaths in the Middle East. Tribal warfare and ancient arrogance did. Millions have died in the past century in the region, and it had nothing to do with the US. What you don't have now is widespread war in the region, which is an improvement in my view.