Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon:
Weāre being dragged into a potential Third World War that would eclipse the first two. And this is happening in the most egregious way every single day. The White House claims they were unaware of the Ukrainiansā plans. They just went ahead and attacked Russiaās nuclear triadāsomething even General Curtis LeMay wouldnāt have dared to do.
They disabled 40% of their strategic bombersā41 out of 100. The attack was bold, audacious, all of thatā¦ but this is unacceptable. A country we fund and make deals with is now pulling us into its war. They think they can strike Russian territory and drag us into a conflict with Russia. Weāre being dragged into a war that could metastasize.
Itās a common thread of logic for them.
Their favored aggressors and abusers are essentially framed as dangerous wild animals who canāt be held responsible for their actions. They canāt help but react to their victims, whether its a cop magdumping an unarmed suspect or Russia rocketing a civilian district. And the victims should know better than to incite further reactions. Somehow it falls on the victim to deftly navigate the rage of their attackers.
The thought that itās the aggressors who need to learn (or be taught) temperance does not enter their head.
We get a similar dynamic in the US media, even supposed āliberalā media. People blame Democrats for the awful things republicans do because they didnāt stop them. Republicans are rarely blamed for being the ones who wanted to do the horrible things in the first place. Definitely a victim blaming, absuive narcissist dynamic.