Word: scapegoatism
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...savior of developing countries is also the scapegoat...
...blame-sharing gambit on Lebanon out of hand. "The deaths lie on him and the defeat in Lebanon lies on him and him alone," O'Neill said in an unusually bitter riposte. "He acted against the wishes of our top military, and now he is looking for a scapegoat...
...negotiate, encouraged more intransigence from the Syrians, and prolonged the violence." It is not necessary to evaluate thoroughly American policy objectives in the Middle East to see that the Administration's program was handicapped by far more than public outcry. The President's last-ditch attempt to find a scapegoat for his fiasco betrays an awareness of the magnitude of his blunder...
...organizations which have impinged on the rights and humanity of others, then those responsible in the Pi Eta club must be viewed as such violators. Insofar as the debate over closing the club is secondary to the bigger issue of sexism at Harvard, however, we do not want to scapegoat this club and in any way foster the impression that this situation is somehow unique. It would be unfortunate if Pi Eta be came, instead of an opportunity for education and university action against sexism, a martyr for the cause for freedom of speech...
...determining Soviet guilt should not be the focus of debate. Rather, as concerned Americans citizens, our attention ought to be focused on the issue of chemical warfare as a worldwide concern rather than an East-West moral rivalry. Too often, it seems, the Soviets are made to seem the scapegoat--especially when abuses are prevalent at home...