Almost the defining mindset of the Right is the desire (or perhaps practice) of being both the oppressor/attacker & wanting to play the victim at the very same time.

Currently: US & Israeli attacks on Iran prompt self-defensive counter attacks that are then treated as an 'escalation'.

Or in the UK, after years of bad-mouthing Europe & finally engineering Brexit, claims the EU is being 'unreasonable' when failing to agree to the UK's desired 'reset' on the UK's terms!

#politics
h/t The Bear