"are Americans now too fucking stupid/complacent to be bothered when their government openly lies to them?"
No, maybe their too smart to fall for the spinned up CRAP that the media often lays on us. ie We are willing to give our president the benefit of the doubt until all the facts are in. Just cause some left wing american journalists plays up a story about how we "were lied to" does not mean we jump on the bandwagon and believe it.