Thank you for this post. I am going to print it out and send it to my son at school in Canada. He is hearing the 'America is at fault' whine from his acquaintances. He needs to have these facts at hand.
"He is hearing the 'America is at fault' whine from his acquaintances. These are probably the same people who believe that the fault lies with rape victims because they wore their skirts too short, too tight, or whatever.