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(I'm going to presume that you intended to add an "n" to that last word.)
The current administration is many things, but "American" isn't one of them.

No, it was intentional, but I probably should have set it off with double-quotes to be more clear. In the context of claims that people "blame America" our past administrations have all been "America" in that sense. Their decisions have led us to where we are now, just as Obama's will in the years to come. Sadly.

An example of what I mean came to mind a minute ago. There have long been rumours that Bill Clinton had access to opportunities of capturing or eliminating bin Laden during his term. He didn't. He knew who he was, from what I have read and heard, and yet he did not take the opportunity when it presented itself, for whatever reason. If he had done something it is possible that the 9/11 attacks just might have been averted. Is he to blame for anything that happened later? Does he bear any responsibility?

It is a fact that many people around here are not behaving like conservatives. Conservatism has always been about responsibility and practical results. Our policies of dependence on foreign oil and trusting crazy dictators and muslim psychos have backfired. We should admit it and try to be smarter in the future. Just look at what such an irresponsible refusal can get you. In the case of our nation, it got us Obama. Instead of realising how important our policies are we insisted, as a country, that no past decision had any influence whatever on 9/11 and it could never have been avoided no matter what anybody did, and so we could never have a proper discussion of how important both our domestic and foreign policies are in this issue.

Ron Paul may be crazy himself, but when he said our foreign policy was to blame for 9/11, which is what he said btw, he was the only person on the dais who seemed aware of the massive responsibility inherent in being president. The liberal loon Giuliani got standing ovations for demanding he apologise, as if recognising policy errors were an offence, and proved that he and the rest were wholly unprepared for high office. The real fact is that if no decision of any president prior to 9/11 could have contributed to the events of that date then nothing Obama does now can contribute or influence any future attacks. His policies are America's, which voted for him, as much as were those of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and even Ronald Reagan.