Comments on: Libya: in the land of the liars, how to know the truth? https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:57:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Valjean https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/#comment-262020 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:57:49 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=9028#comment-262020 “All Arabs are, of course, liars.”

– Don Quixote (Cervantes, 1605)

]]> By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J. https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/#comment-262011 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:14:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=9028#comment-262011 Remember Baghdad Bob? Now we seem to have several iterations of the same schtick. Benghazi Bob?

]]> By: Bob from Virginia https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/#comment-261973 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:18:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=9028#comment-261973 I’m not a West Point grad but isn’t an enemy army occupying one’s capital a bad sign? Whatever Saif’s current position I give his side less than a 50%-50% chance at this point.

BTW remember what Leon Trotsky said about deducing the truth from political statements: “In order to approximate the truth compare the lies.”

]]> By: vanderleun https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/#comment-261966 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:25:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=9028#comment-261966 27°02′N, 14°26′E

]]> By: SteveH https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/#comment-261882 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:31:05 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=9028#comment-261882 All we need to know is Oceana is at war with Eastasia.

]]> By: Sergey https://thenewneo.com/2011/08/23/libya-in-the-land-of-the-liars-how-to-know-the-truth/#comment-261878 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:21:30 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=9028#comment-261878 I wish I could comment on the situation in Libya if could compel myself to trust a single word of just one Arab. Unfortunately, I could not do this.

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