It is always useful to have a scapegoat.

Voroshilov still became the scapegoat for the initial failures in Finland.

But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.

Finally, faced by a realization of inevitable failure, participants look for a scapegoat.

Sarkozy has a problem with central banks independence, and Noyer may become a scapegoat.

But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

Is Germany becoming a scapegoat for Europe s problems, or is it really out of step with the EU and the world economy?

China s leaders, in no mood to play the scapegoat, will use surging national pride to bolster their position and strengthen their hand in negotiations.

Busy with domestic political affairs, they do not hesitate to use Europe as a scapegoat to avoid breaking bad news to their fellow citizens.

The EU s supposed democratic deficit is a corollary of the technocratic imperative that has emerged as a favorite scapegoat in the ongoing European drama.

By constantly pushing for lower interest rates than the ECB can deliver, politicians set the central bank up as a scapegoat for Europe s poor economic performance.

And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

It distracts the ECB, adds to the impression that Europe is bad, and, more importantly, will be used by ineffective governments as a scapegoat for their failings.

He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

A second reason is that Germans are fed up with being Europe s scapegoat blamed for their neighbors ills while being asked to take on risks and provide generous financial transfers.

At the same time, al Ahmar s dismal performance in spearheading the war against the Houthi led sectarian rebellion in the north made him a convenient scapegoat for the regime s failures.

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And, as President Barack Obama has said, the Libyan people must not be deprived of full ownership of their struggle for freedom, and Qaddafi must not be given a useful foil and scapegoat.

In these difficult economic times, Switzerland serves as a handy scapegoat, enabling financially challenged states to discharge their frustrations and divert their citizens attention from shortcomings in their own complicated and inefficient tax systems.

Someone needs to take responsibility, and, as US politicians don t want to blame themselves, the best available scapegoat is China s exchange rate, which has not appreciated against the US dollar in the past 18 months.

While it is tempting to scapegoat the common currency, the fact is that the euro has brought huge economic and financial benefits to Germany, owing to increased trade, greater price stability, more competition, and improved efficiency.

Have you forgotten the monopoly of Ahmed Ezz, who everyone asserts was the front for Alaa and Gamal Mubarak who have now discarded him as a scapegoat, and escaped to London leaving their father for us?

So, in this scenario, unmasking Luzhkov as corrupt and incompetent, and using him as a scapegoat for Russia s systemic inefficiency, is intended as a way for Medvedev to sway public opinion behind him and make Putin appear out of touch.

In a world where, for many Israelis and non Israeli Jews, Israel is becoming to the community of nations what Jews once were in the community of peoples a pariah state, if not an eternal scapegoat the memory of the Shoah resounds with a vengeance.

He will need to demonstrate that France no longer treats Europe as a scapegoat for its own economic troubles a ploy that merely marginalizes France in economic debates. Thus, polemics against the European Central Bank s independence and the damaging effect of the high euro will have to stop.

The source reaffirms that the detention took place in an atmosphere designed to make a scapegoat of Colombian human rights defender Francisco Cortés Aguilar, by using his detention as a piece of political propaganda to convince public opinion that it constituted a step forward in the fight against terrorism.