With reference to Bev and Jerry's Goering quote, could I ask this: should a people be held responsible for their government's actions?

German people were intensely disliked around the world long after Hitler and Co had departed.

Now we have a situation where many of us feel Americans are great people but their present government sucks big time.

When the bombing starts, however, people and gov't will be lumped together on the grounds that, in the world's most acclaimed democracy, Bush couldn't go to war if the majority didn't want it.

Would this be a fair assessment? Could Americans do anything besides protest marching to stop Bush? Like shutting down the country as the Venezuelans have done? Or don't they want to?