Genocide In Rwanda, and US action

[Brad DeLong]

>In message <d9.b3b640a.27260103 at aol.com>, LeoCasey at aol.com writes
>>The fact of the matter is that this
>>entire thread began when you objected to my position that the US had been
>>guilty of gross inaction in the face of genocide, and that Americans should
>>hold the US government responsible for that inaction.
>
>And, as is well-known, the RPF, who, according to the source you cite,
>started the cycle of violence that led to the slaughter, were trained
>and armed by the US, having been recruited from the Ugandan army.
>Furthermore, having been defeated on the battlefield, they were saved at
>the negotiating table by the intervention of the US, France and the IMF
>who all demanded that the Habyarimana government recognise them. To
>carry on denying the evidence of US support for the RPF is to whitewash
>US involvement.
>--
>James Heartfield

Isn't "started the cycle of violence that led to the slaughter" an 
example of what we in other contexts call "blaming the victim"?

Brad DeLong