Yes, you are right and they are telling good lies.
As I mentioned above, what the Clintons and Middle Eastern folks share is the belief that if you lie and tell the lie often enough, that the lie becomes the truth.
Bill and the Islamic cultures actually believe the lies as truth themselves when they tell it often enough, but the effect is still that citizens who don't have a grasp of history or don't read much won't know they are lying and will believe the BS.
That was a VERY good article by the way.