If they are lying about Ukraine ...
Uhhhmm, let me get back to you on that.🤔
While I get your point, I was writing along the lines of the boy who cried wolf. When the wolf eventually appeared (”liar telling the truth about the situation”) no one believed him and so he was devoured.
In our political situation, it is not the liars who necessarily will be harmed, but if they are, a lot of innocent people will be going down with them. It matters not whether they re lying, or like the boy who cried wolf are telling the truth. Like the boy, the US would not be in this situation (nor Afghanistan) had they told the truth all along.