Both sides of conflict frame themselves as victims in righteous cycles

Evidence

Attribution of blame works both ways, with terrorists considering themselves victims driven to lashing out against oppression. The net result is an escalating cycle of violence and retaliation with mutual condemnation wrapped in righteousness. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2172

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the reciprocal victimhood seen in other conflict chapters, e.g. colonial and religious framings of perceived grievance leading to escalating retaliation. — connects to: Goodwill on both sides intensifies rather than resolves gendered conflict — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974; Conflict both demands belief in in-group morality and creates urgent need to question it — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 5; Ongoing conflict frames ingroup guilt as unaffordable luxury and betrayal — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 989 (+2 more)