As Sir Alex mentioned - Stockholm Syndrome mixed with PTSD and years of political, physical, social and psychological abuse.... Like the woman who has been tormented in her childhood by a trusted relative running into the 'safety' of the arms of a stranger - her new abusive 'lover'.

"He loves me, that's why he abuses me but it's not as bad as ....."

These age old and transparent political tricks - I think Dylan said it best when he said:
As some warn 'victory', some 'downfall'
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their marks
Made everything from toy guns that sparks
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the President of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

Just my humble opinion backed up by Dylan's political awareness.
Asia
xxx