No, not really. It's quite the other way around, even though the US has worked on wrecking its image the last couple of years.
It's impossible for it to be the other way around. They're like pigs lined up at a tabloid TV trough gobbling up every last bite of sensationalized slop, then they turn around a belch: Them stupid Americans shove crap down my throat. :belch: I met this guy on Al's site I really liked. He talked about his fellow typical walk-of-the-mill britts like the white trash they are. Now that's someone I don't mind mocking the US, because at least he can laugh at himself too. People like that are very uncommon on the internet, especially from Europe.
The problem with the Euro zone is less about the middle east than it is about the EU getting greedy and accepting members it shouldn't have accepted in its eagerness to break apart the old Soviet sphere of influence. Several of the newer members shouldn't have been accepted.
The problem with the stability of economics in Europe is directly related to the middle east and all of the new people being allowed in, but it makes sense that's what the media is portraying to the public as politically motivated greed. When the US faltered a bit, the media blamed the Clinton administration and the housing boom.