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It's really always just us vs. them. That principle encapsulates all the reasons you listed.
Our benevolent humanitarian intervention vs. their unprovoked, brutal war of aggression. It's really just the meme.
We always mean good, they are pure evil, so we had to kill them all. We didn't intend to kill all those women and children, it's their fault.
What's amazing is how many people actually, really believe that, even with college degrees and all that.