Word: scapegoatism
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Page by Page. DeMarco had seemed to suggest just that in his testimony before the staff, but, after reading the White House statement last week, he appeared to be having second thoughts about a scapegoat role. He told the Los Angeles Times that the White House version was "ridiculous." He said he had operated on written instructions relayed through former Top Aide John Ehrlichman. Moreover, DeMarco said, specifically referring to the 1969 return, he and Nixon had gone "over the return page by page" before the President signed it on April 10, 1970. Earlier, the committee staff had asked...
...troops in the first place. It is certainly conceivable, to me at least, that Calley was doing what he was sent to do, as were many thousands of others. Unfortunately for Calley, his crimes were reported, and it was therefore thought necessary for public relations purposes, to make a scapegoat of him. And this, in my opinion, they have done...
...return for his candid approach to the great issues of the day, Agnew has been mocked, falsely accused and publicly humiliated. He has been unfairly tried by a kangaroo court, the jury being the press. And his own Government has turned on him as a scapegoat for others' misdeeds...
Also troubling is the problem of oil blackmail by the Arabs. The Arabs are almost certain to make the U.S. the scapegoat for any Israeli military successes. The oil-producing Arab states now have both the wealth and the will to punish the U.S. by shutting off oil supplies. Only 7% of the oil consumed in the U.S. presently comes from the Middle East, though that figure is expected to rise to as high as 50% by the 1980s. Much of the talk about oil may well be bluff, but the U.S. can no longer afford to ignore...
Worst Crisis. In search of a scapegoat, Neapolitans have turned on the politicians, who are being blamed for doing nothing to improve Naples' woefully antiquated sanitation system. With typical Italian overstatement, the city officials are being referred to as "that band of cuckolds and brigands." Last weekend a mob of unemployed mussel fishermen assaulted the car of Naples Prefect Domenico Amari as it approached city hall, setting off three days of rioting that resulted in a dozen injuries and eight arrests. Politicians of all shades loudly began accusing one another of negligence and corruption, tossing the blame around like...