Sure. As long as you ignore the fact that Android itself was an attack on Apple. Eric Schimdt sat on Apple's board and effectively stole lots of valuable information about the iPhone so he could turn around and build Android on the back of Apple's efforts. Say what you will about patents, but Android itself was basically an attempt to rip off Apple.
You're pretty much saying if I steal all your proprietary business information and use it to start a rival company, and you try to sue me, then I'm perfectly justified in claiming you attacked first.
Android obviously borrowed from iOS, as iOS did from its many predecessors. Android today diverges significantly from iOS and the last few iterations of iOS have borrowed more from Android than vice-versa. Apple has forced the hand of Google, Amazon etc with their greedy and draconian rules.
Apple is abusing a broken patent system to hobble a legitimate competitor while basically sitting on their ass for the last two years in the phone market.
The iPad vastly outsells Android tablets because it's a better device. Android phones outsell the iPhone because they're better devices in many ways.
You're pretty much saying if I steal all your proprietary business information and use it to start a rival company, and you try to sue me, then I'm perfectly justified in claiming you attacked first.