“…Because committing harm threatens the positive self‐evaluation and image of the ingroup, it is ingroup glorification that primarily drives the distortions of ingroup harm doing in ways that are defensive and legitimizing of the violence (e.g., Bilali, ; Leidner, Castano, Zaiser, & Giner‐Sorolla, ; Roccas, Klar, & Liviatan, ) and elicit less critical reactions to it (Penic et al, ; Szabo, Mesazaros, & Cserto, ). In studies about the mistreatment of civilians by American and British troops during the war in Iraq, ingroup glorification predicted minimization of harm committed by the troops and dehumanization of the victims (Leidner et al, ).…”