The Middle East: violently persecutes non-muslims and muslims who are considered hypocrites
The Middle East: violently persecutes women and treats them like second class citizen even going so far as killing women for being raped
The Middle East: mutilates people for minor crimes like stealing
The Middle East: practices pedophila
Self loathing American: "America is the worst country in the world"

You can't compare a country to a group of countries. Like, several nations in the middle east actively hate each other. They aren't some kind of federation.