The world would legit be a better place if we nuked the middle east out of existence
Not really. The world economy would basically collapse if we nuked the middle east. There'd be no more oil, no more warring factions to sell weapons to, less skilled laborers to work for US corporations, etc.
Its not like the middle east is actually damaging us or any other countries outside of the middle east. In fact its basically supporting them with so many cheap necessary resources. The whole 'refugees rape womn!!' can literally be translated to 'people rape women' since rape statistics increase with any population increase. And terror attacks are dominantly perpetrated by born citizens, not immigrants.
Its better to just exploit them for their natural resources and untapped economic prosperity than destroy them.