Lied to regularly and ever more brazenly or incompetently, Western publics no longer trust what they hear whether truthful or not. By the looks of the reactions on French, British and American social media, Western publics are predominantly skeptical of their government's foreign policy and a plurality believe they are being lied to; meanwhile they are tiring of the mainstream news media propaganda. This time the logic of repeating a lie long enough until it's believed, hasn't worked.

But no matter. The action was carried out and governments are getting away with it. The lie was repeated so much the publics do not know anything else, so that despite their weariness with the incessant repetition of the same old, same old mainstream tune, they find themselves in the paradoxical position of not believing what they know; it's easier to go along with the paradigm even so, and with time one might convince himself he actually believes.