re: Dishonesty . . .
If you're looking for liars and cheaters, look to your local, state and national political leaders. We are a nation of people well-practiced in the tradition of electing the best liars and the best cheaters -- or at least the best ones in the running.
If you're looking for conspiracy and disinformation crimes, by all means look to the leaders within the Middle East -- particularly those trying to build private little USSRs.
Dunno why the “free-thinkers†of the West continue to balk at their own elected leaders on Capitol Hill, while at the same time praising the rulers of the Middle East as staunch leaders of truth and justice -- Israel included.
The whole “crisis†remains laughable,
Dan