People take a punish the enemy rather than a punish the deed approach so your argument will never make a dent in that. You're fighting against a level of double

People take a punish the enemy rather than a punish the deed approach so your argument will never make a dent in that. You're fighting against a level of double standards that we haven't seen since the peak of the Cold War. At best you'll be accused of whataboutism. But this is pervasive in some cultures so it's taken for granted as a valid approach, look at judges even in free, democratic societies who punish people based on color rather than the crime. It's a similar problem albeit with different motives behind it.