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Peter, you certainly have an interesting idea about when people should or should not complain. By your logic, Americans are never allowed to complain about any elected President, because they elect all of them. Fortunately, you are contradicted by the First Amendment (which specifically guarantees us the right to "petition the government for a redress of grievances") and also by common sense, which says that the first step toward correcting a problem is pointing out that the problem exists. And if you think that complaining is never effective, take a look at what it did for Harriet Meyers, or the Dubai ports deal.
