The current delay in the transactions is due to a spammer (attack) on the Bitcoin network, who sends peaks of 150 transactions per seconds on a network that can handle about 7 only.
One jerk can jam up Bitcoin for the entire world?
What did you expect? and why do you think the blocksize debate is a huge one?
We need to do something about it, 7 tx per second has been a tiny amount for a while. This was meant to happen sooner or later. Better now than later on when more people would be on board. Hopefully this makes people realize we need changes asap.