How many thousands of innocent people in the ME have been killed, either by Dictators and/or thugs?
The names Saddam Hussein, Mubarak, and Gaddafi come readily to mind, to mention just a few.
Do you remember those names, and how many innocent people they slaughtered and murdered?
No country from the West, went to the ME with the DELIBERATE aim of killing and/or maiming people, unlike the brutish dictators listed above, who had absolutely no respect for their own citizens.