When The Lies Come Home When The Lies Come Home Authored by Douglas MacGregor via TheAmericanConservative.com, After lying for months, the media are preparing the public for Ukraine’s military collapse… Diogenes , one of the ancient world’s illustrious philosophers, believed that lies were the currency of politics, and those lies were the ones he sought to expose and debase. To make his point, Diogenes occasionally carried a lit lantern through the streets of Athens in the daylight. If asked why, Diogenes would say he was searching for an honest man. Finding an honest man today in Washington, D.C., is equally challenging. Diogenes would need a Xenon Searchlight in each hand. Still, there are brief moments of clarity inside the Washington establishment. Having lied prolifically for months to the American public about the origins and conduct of the war in Ukraine, the media are now preparing the American, British, and other Western publics for Ukraine’s military collapse. It is long overdue . The Western media did everything in its power to give the Ukrainian defense the appearance of far greater strength than it really possessed.