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It would probably be ideal if people kept these three as separate as possible:
1) American foreign policy.
2) American domestic politics.
3) The American people themselves.
The American people themselves only have so much real say in the domestic policies of their country. A lot of it is determined by political elites, and pre-existing political infrastructure and forms that basically limits where American domestic politics can go.
The American people themselves have very little say on American foreign policy. That's mostly cooked up in secret meetings amongst a very small political elite.
Neoconservative American foreign policy really has caused a lot of serious problems for the world. But that's not something that Joe or Jane Average American has much impact on. When criticizing American foreign policy, it's probably best to focus explicitly on that specifically, and not make it sound like your critiquing America (and its people) as a whole.
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