Word: scapegoat
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...also offers a convenient scapegoat for the faults and failures of the Khomeini regime. The drastic deterioration in the economic conditions of life that has resulted from the reactionary policies of the regime are attributed to the war. Likewise, Khomeini's immense propaganda machine attributes the lack of political freedom, the atmosphere of terror and the ruthless suppressive measures that enforce the regime's hold on power to emergency conditions supposedly created...
Renko is no simple good guy, but rather on ordinary Russian militia policeman who becomes a scapegoat for solving the murders, which reek of corruption and international extortion. Hurt portrays Renko as an apathetic officer who agrees to work on the case only until the KGB will take it away from him. But as he begins to piece together the lives of the victims, Renko becomes caught in the middle, realizing that if he solves the case, he will most like be murdered himself, but remaining reluctant to separate himself from the case's fascinating details...
...Ambassador Andrew Young understood the situation clearly when he argued in 1979: "It is unfair to link Israel to South Africa...if there is a link, you must compare Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States. All of them have links with South Africa. Israel becomes a too easy scapegoat for other problems we have." Jordan B. Millstein...
...believed her assertion that politics, while discussed in her office, did not affect her decisions. At the eight-day trial, Lavelle insisted that she had simply followed Administration policy by negotiating with polluters instead of engaging in lengthy court battles. The Administration, her lawyers charged, had made her a "scapegoat." After the verdict, Lavelle quietly wept. Said she: "I am very, very disappointed." She faces a maximum fine of $19,000 and up to 20 years in jail...
...doubt this will be a very difficult task, one beset with the danger of making Israel the scapegoat for all the world's ills. Yet the task must be done, courageously and carefully. Thank to Errol Louis for leading the way. Robert A. Watts...