It is our own fault. We Americans are very lazy in regards to what our government is doing and do not seem to see anything unless it happens in our back yard. Call it apathy
Also, we are at a point in which our economy is shot, poverty is increasing and the poor seem to be powerless to do anything. The rich sit at home and scratch their heads wondering why anybody would complain everything looks comfortable.
The world sees the American life style as this:
But the reality is more Americans live like this:
Many Americans are more concerned about where their next meal is coming from than what our Government is doing at Gitmo