"No one is to blame because no one has done anything yet."

That's the problem. No one has done anything yet.
And, maybe that's where the blame falls.
As someone once told me, deciding not to make a decision is making a decision.

Kirk,
I agree with you that what someone says today might not accurately reflect their positiion in a year or two years just as what Kevin Miller said two years ago might not reflect his opinion today.
Unfortunately, it can haunt a person for a lifetime.
Jim Morrison