Finally don't hate your country because it is actually great. In most nations we would never have heard of this because it would be the way things were done, second it was the US that thought the rest of the world the ideas behind freedom. Sure it fails from time to time, but that is just because it is compromised of humans, who are awesome but fallible creatures.
Wow. Just wow.
'Murica, much?
The US thought the rest of the world how an arrogant world police looks like. The ideas of freedom (aka democracy I assume) mostly originate from europe (greek republic, french revolution, reformation, enlightenment). The american revolution is certainly important, but not the only one. Also, remember that you got some serious help from France in that revolution.
I have some respect for the ideas of the French revolution, but it ended in a serious dictatorship, a reign of terror and a lot of death people instead of freedom.
However.... I cant pretend that the US people didn't vote for Obama, and Bush and Clinton before him. In a democracy the people have to take responsibility for the governments they themselves vote for. And no, ignorance is still not a defense.
This equally applies to my country, the UK. In the end, my real disgust is with my fellow Brits who also voted for all this, and seem not to care. Again, not just this current regime, but the Blair one before it.
We all vote for the same people, the same system over and over again. So, why on earth should or would government ever change? "We" condone it.
I am very divided on this.