Why because our government is shitty and gives us a bad name?
People rely to heavily on american stereotypes.
I guess I could just follow suite and call germans nazi's, french pussies, russians communists, mexicans drug dealers and cheap workers, british bad teethed sex-fiends, italians gay, greeks boy-touchers, ect.....but I don't because I don't make assumptions on people from other countries until I go there and actually interact with them...