It might come a bit as a surprise to you, but people are generally expected to have at least some responsibility for the actions of their government. After all, the latter is usually not some alien black box deciding things but rather a set of people, elected from the general population and by the general population, requiring the support of the general population to implement the laws affecting that very population. Saying that Americans are ‘innocent’ regarding the actions of their government is as ludicrous as claiming that the American president and parliament(s) are not responsible for the actions of the American government.