An empowering question to ask any bully or anyone else who seeks to hurt you is "What hurts you so much that you think you need to hurt me in order to heal it?"
At the end of the day someone only attacks because of a pain that they have within. Better to help free them than condemn.
Anger, rage etc and their expression are distorted wailings of love. Usually expressed by someone who has lost, or thinks they're going to lose something that is loved. This is also true for nations!