While Mr. Fujimori was in self-imposed exile in Japan and Chile, Mr. Montesinos was a useful scapegoat.
Not only has the war been a useful scapegoat for deteriorating economic conditions, but its ending was also perfectly timed.
Immigration was a useful scapegoat for very real and legitimate anxieties about access to public services, affordable housing and secure jobs.
He thinks that a strong Supreme Court decision in favour of same-sex marriage would save Republicans from a long, embarrassing and ultimately losing fight while also giving "Republican politicians a useful scapegoat to impotently shake their fists at".
Drexel also provided a useful scapegoat for the savings-and-loan crisis, because some thrifts were keen buyers of junk bonds.Yet unloved as it was, Drexel changed the face of corporate finance and of Wall Street.
Across Africa, and elsewhere in the world, politicians have found gay people a useful scapegoat to distract from corruption or other domestic problems, to shore up conservative constituencies, or to steal a march on political rivals.In this section So far, so fast Tainting love Reprints Related topics Europe Russia India Sexuality United StatesThe best-known example is Uganda.
Across Africa, and elsewhere in the world, politicians have found gay people a useful scapegoat to distract from corruption or other domestic problems, to shore up conservative constituencies, or to steal a march on political rivals.In this section So far, so fast Tainting love ReprintsThe best-known example is Uganda.
One, for example, warned on May 1st that China "may wish to try a limited border war sooner [rather] than later".A useful scapegoat for Chinese journalists at the forum was the Western press, which they accused of playing up frictions and influencing perceptions in both countries.
But we're so useful as scapegoats, I think, because we seem to embody a primal source for these feelings.
